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Kitchen earns Conservative nod

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

It took four rounds of vote tabulation, but when the nominee dust settled, Dr. Robert Kitchen emerged as the successful nominee who will carry the SourisMoose Mountain constituency’s Conservative Party banner into the next federal campaign.

The call for nominees attracted a total of six hopefuls who expressed a desire to represent the riding with the impending retirement of current MP Ed Komarnicki.

The nomination convention forums and votes were conducted in Kipling on Friday evening, and in Weyburn and Estevan on Saturday morning and afternoon, with the vote tabulation following immediately after. The tabulation ultimately ended with Kitchen being declared as the nominee with the most

Robert Kitchen votes cast in his favour by Conservative Party members in the sprawling riding that covers all of southeast Saskatchewan.

“I’m just getting my feet on the ground and realizing it’s a whole new game and a learning opportunity,” said Kitchen when contacted on Monday to comment on the outcome.

The Estevan-based chiropractor, who operates a clinic in partnership with two other practitioners, will be making adjustments to

his personal schedule but assured patients and clients, the clinic will continue to operate as usual.

“Ed is still the MP, that is the certainty. I’m just the candidate and I hope I can consult with him, learn more about the constituency so I can take that into the campaign,” he said, referring to the expected federal election planned for October 2015.

“I’m just going to be taking little steps here at first,” he said.

Calven Johnson, president of the Conservative’s Souris-Moose Mountain Riding Association, said party members cast 98 votes in Kipling, 142 in Weyburn and 455 in Estevan. He said the group was quite pleased with the total, even though there was a thinner than expected turnout in Weyburn.

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City seeks balance as property tax gap grows

By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca

After being among the fairest Saskatchewan cities in 2010 when it comes to municipal property taxes, Estevan is now considered the third least fair based on 2013 numbers.

That was the story told in a report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) when the seventh annual edition of the Wanted: Property Tax Fairness in Saskatchewan study was published last week.

Among the cities, Estevan’s property tax gap ranks 13th out of 15, and among all studied municipalities with a population of more than 1,000, the Energy City ranks 53rd out of 69.

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The property tax gap, as identified by CFIB, measures the difference between municipal property taxation of commercial and residential properties. CFIB identifies “fair” tax gaps as those that are narrow, where the commercial and residential tax rates are more similar.

Estevan’s property tax gap jumped to 2.82. In 2010 it was 2.27, and in both 2011 and 2012 it was 2.24.

The average gap in 2013 was 2.48 among the cities, meaning that on average businesses paid $2.48 in property tax for every dollar paid by residential owners.

In 2013, Estevan homeowners paid $992 in municipal taxes per $200,000 of assessed value, while commercial properties were

taxed $2,797 for the same assessed value. The figures don’t include provincial and educational taxes or costs for utilities like water, electricity or gas.

Martensville was labeled as the most fair, with a property tax gap of 1.48.

Residential taxes in that city were $1,558, per $200,000 assessment while businesses paid $2,310. CFIB said that makes Martensville the fairest city in the province, the fourth year in a row it has received the glowing label.

All those numbers, however, may not tell a complete story of Estevan’s tax fairness. CFIB is measuring what is fair by the difference in property tax share, and Estevan has the third largest difference

Cities: Municipal property tax gaps and municipal taxes for $200,000 of assessed value Municipality

2013 Residential taxes

Martensville Warman Saskatoon Weyburn Melfort Regina Moose Jaw Meadow Lake Melville North Battleford Swift Current Humboldt Estevan Yorkton Prince Albert Average

2013 Commercial taxes

2013 Property tax gap

$2,310 $2,216 $1,598 $2,106 $3,577 $2,243 $2,945 $4,141 $3,839 $3,784 $2,289 $3,875 $2,797 $4,200 $6,583 $3,234

1.48 1.67 1.79 2.06 2.09 2.16 2.51 2.53 2.56 2.66 2.71 2.79 2.82 3.19 4.23 2.48

$1,558 $1,326 $895 $1,022 $1,716 $1,038 $1,173 $1,634 $1,500 $1,425 $845 $1,388 $992 $1,317 $1,557 $1,292

among the cities.

But as part of Estevan’s “unfairness” the city has the

third lowest residential tax rate among Saskatchewan cities, behind Swift Cur-

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Estevan candidate will run in 2015 election ←A1 ballots using a system that asked them to list candidate preferences (one through six), the vote counting began.

Johnson said that in compliance with long-standing rules regarding candidate selections, the final vote count would not be made public, but noted it did require a full four rounds before Kitchen surfaced with the 50 plus one per cent margin, with another Estevan-based nominee, Lori Carr, being the last candidate standing in the way. The other hopefuls included Phillip Zajac, also from Estevan; Randy Schiller from Weyburn; Mike Strachan of Torquay and Lyndon Dayman from Windthorst.

The media was banned from the forum and the candidate presentations, as well as the voting process. Kitchen said the message he delivered during the forum was one that compared what he already does in his business, to what he sees would be his duties as a candidate and hopefully, as an MP. “I listen and hear what they’re saying, do some research, form an action plan and follow through,” he said.

“The seat belongs to the constituents, I hope they come

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forward and get involved and if I can win the seat for the party, their voice will resonate.”

Although it was too early to confirm any kind of campaign team composition, Kitchen said he and his backers “made a lot of friends” among the other nominees and their teams, despite the fact they were opposing him in the nomination process.

“We were all seeking the nomination. So, I have some ideas in the back of my mind that we can maybe get them involved. The next level of campaigning will be much different with people saying different things,” he said.

“Robert was one of our constituency directors and Ed is, too. Robert represented us at the party’s convention in Calgary. He’s on a grand learning curve now. I believe there is an orientation workshop in Ottawa he can attend in the future and I expect he’ll be invited to shadow Ed on occasion, let him mentor him on some issues, as we get closer to an actual campaign date,” said Johnson.

With regards to the media being shut out of the process, the party’s national office communication spokesman, Cory Hann, said all nomination forums and votes across the country are being handled that way. He admitted they have no direct control over unofficial twitter, texts or

postings coming from delegates during the process, but felt the public consuming the unofficial messages would be able to “be realistic,” about what was being passed off as information.

Kitchen, who has been in a practice in Estevan for over 25 years, is married and he and his wife Donna have three grown children. He said in an earlier interview, when he was the first candidate to step forward, that he has harboured an interest in politics since his university days. Growing up in a military family in such locales as Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and other Middle East countries as well as England and the United States, he said he gained fresh perspectives on how governance can be so different due to the social and political climates in each region.

As a past president and registrar with the Canadian Federation of Chiropractors, he has gained additional experience in management and leadership.

The Conservatives have held a stranglehold on the Souris-Moose Mountain constituency since it was formed in 1987. The territory, now expanded slightly under a new boundary configuration, has gone Conservative or Reform (prior to the amalgamation of the parties) by overwhelming margins with the exception of one term.

Tax figures still low in Estevan ←A1 When looking province-wide, Estevan sits seventh out of 15 cities when considering the $2,797 businesses pay in municipal property taxes, 13.4 per cent less than the average of $3,234.

Amber Smale, Estevan’s city manager, said the numbers themselves tell a very narrow story. The numbers don’t do a very good job of providing context or explaining economic significance. “(The report) only focuses on property taxes, so it doesn’t have the fuller picture of the services the City has to deliver,” said Smale, who noted the report isn’t without

its merits and that a lot of work goes into it. It’s a good document to have in the back of the mind as the City soon looks to deliberate on the 2015 budget.

The difference in tax rates comes from the mill rate factor. When the City sets its mill rate, the province provides a number of “tax tools” in relation to the mill rate, said Smale. One of those tools is a mill rate factor, which allows the City to shift the tax burden between different classes of property.

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“Here in Estevan, the likely reason for that is simply the industry we’re dealing with,” said Smale. “Everybody has a different industry and economy, and here in Estevan, ours is heavy (industry of) oil and gas. The large equipment, vehicles, things like that, that impact our infrastructure differently than other centres, so we shift a higher burden onto the commercial.”

She said there is a balance that the City is always trying to find.

“The cities are legislated, and we’re provided with a limited ability to raise revenue. Property taxes is one of those things (we can do),” she noted. “We try to be fair, but we have to balance that out with the different groups.

We have our parameters that we have to work in.”

The balance is imperfect and constantly in flux. It’s the mystery that may never be solved, though the City takes its best stab at the equation each year and is looking for more feedback from commercial stakeholders. She

said the City open to hearing more about whether or not the gap in Estevan is too significant.

“It’s about the cost of the City doing business, anywhere from our equipment to our supplies to the road construction that we do, all those things are factored differently for a city,” noted Smale, who said the municipal price index, not the consumer price index should be studied to see the actual costs the City incurs to do business.

Finding the balance is the key.

The report outlined other policy reminders, like limiting spending. Smale said that’s something they are reviewing with a complete study of the City’s programs and services.

“We’re trying to balance out the property tax thing. We realize that huge increases each year just aren’t going to work,” said Smale. “It’s good to see it from that perspective, but we also have to bring in what it costs us to do business, and if we’re going to do one thing, what’s the trade off? Those are the tough decisions council has to make.”

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By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

The Cafetorium at the Estevan Comprehensive School was filled to overflowing at 10:45 a.m. on Nov. 11 as Estevan citizens gathered to pay tribute to those who had died in combat in the name of democracy.

The Royal Canadian Legion’s program of remembrance and a wreathlaying ceremony in the school’s courtyard following the service drove the point home that peace is often a fragile thing.

The temporary cenotaph in the courtyard served as the focal point for the wreath ceremony that included a Silver Cross Mother this year with Bev Skaalrud, who lost her son to the war in Afghanistan in 2005. She removed the poppy from the lapel of her jacket, kissed it and then placed it within the Silver Cross wreath that she deposited at the cenotaph.

Following the service, the former Wadena-area resident said that even with several years now placed between her and the loss, it still brings a tear, especially on occasions such

as those taking place on Nov. 11.

Souris-Moose Mountain MP Ed Komarnicki was another dignitary who placed a wreath of remembrance, perhaps thinking quite clearly of the recent attack on democracy in Ottawa, close to the caucus meeting room he was in when a single terrorist was just a few feet away, making an attempt to gain further access into the House of Commons corridors after killing a reservist soldier who had been performing sentry duties just outside the Parliament buildings. The intruder was killed by Parliament Hill security in the chaotic activity that ensued.

The somber reflections, moments of silence, piping and brass band music all added to the dignity of the morning’s program that began with the arrival of the dignitaries, the colours and the Legion members and veterans. A prayer of invocation offered by Marian Huber was followed by words of welcome from emcee Comrade Geoff Thiessen and then the playing of the Last Post and Reveille by Matthew Grunert, a member of the Cross Border Brass band

that provided accompaniment for the hymns.

PPCLI Elks Army Cadet Piper Ryan Fry played Amazing Grace at the flame placed near the temporary cenotaph on stage in the Cafetorium, and Estevan Branch 60 Royal Canadian Legion president Troy LeBlanc read the roll of honour.

The response to the poem, In Flanders Field, was provided by WylieMitchell Air Cadet Corporal Jenna Cinnamon.

The wreath to honour the unknown soldier was placed by LeBlanc and the Legion’s past president Eileen Rosner.

Thiessen and Huber also provided emcee duties and prayer at the courtyard ceremony.

The traditional salute to veterans in the form of a video/audio presentation had to be cancelled this year due to last minute technical glitches, while the rest of the program proceeded without incident.

It was noted that due to escalated security concerns based on the recent incidents in Quebec and Ottawa, in which military personnel were singled

out by home-grown terrorists, the security detail surrounding the program in Estevan was also increased

this year. There were at least four additional members of the Estevan Police Service quietly providing

perimeter scanning and protection at the school during the public gathering.

Bev Skaalrud, Silver Cross Mother, placed a wreath in memory of sons and daughters lost during military service.

Const. D.J. Brown laid a wreath of remembrance on behalf of the RCMP.

Ed Komarnicki, MP for Souris-Moose Mountain, laid a wreath of remembrance during the cenotaph ceremony on Nov. 11.

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The Woodlawn Regional Park board celebrates the re-opening of the park during a ceremony in 2013. Following construction after flooding in 2011, the park can still use any added funding as it continues to get back to normal.

Expectations are high for next year at Woodlawn parks Both locations offer highlight attractions

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

The provincial government announced last week they will be allocating $1.023 million for regional parks for the 2014-15 fiscal year. That means Estevan area’s Woodlawn Regional Park will get about $12,000 of that fund.

“There are 75 regional parks in the province, so there are a lot of recipients,” said Aaron-Lee Soparlo, Woodlawn’s supervisor, who spoke with the Mercury on Nov. 14.

Last year’s funding for Woodlawn was around the $12,000 mark and Soparlo doesn’t expect it will be much more in the next go-around.

Mark Docherty, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister, said the government’s investment in regional parks has amounted to $6.22 million over the past seven years.

The funds are distributed to member parks for capital improvements on a cost-matching basis.

Soparlo said last year’s allocation was mainly used for the purchase and installation of new playpark equipment that was installed near the Boundary Dam entrance.

She said that although Woodlawn now consists of two distinctive locations, the original park just south of the city associated with TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club, and the newer Boundary Dam site that was upgraded to regional park status three years ago, is still considered as one entity by the provincial ministry.

John Froese, president of the Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association said “recent reports indicate a dramatic increase in attendance with travellers experiencing the new and better image of our parks, due largely to the popular grant program. Saskatchewan regional parks are building bigger and better camping and RV facilities. It is when you realize the aggregate amounts of this grant by the government you actually see the tremendous amount of growth and experi-

ence within the participating regional parks and for this we are forever grateful.”

Grants are available to member parks to a maximum of $25,000 per park with cost-sharing to a maximum of 50 per cent of project costs.

“All seasonal sites were taken up last year. A few were vacant for awhile due to weather issues, as were the short term sites, but all seasonal (long term) lots were snapped up at both locations.”

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Soparlo said Woodlawn’s annual general meeting will be scheduled soon, and a new budget and audited financial statement will be readied for the board of directors in early 2015.

After four hectic seasons of first flood recovery, and then major expansions, Woodlawn is ready for a more stabilized situation heading into the new camping year that will begin in May 2015.

The original Woodlawn Regional Park lost over two dozen prime camping spots and heavy damages to infrastructure and rental facilities in the 2011 flood, but has bounced back to the point where 54 seasonal (long term) sites are now available along with 88 short term lots for overnight or weekend visitors.

That is now coupled with the 111 seasonal sites available at their Boundary Dam location a few kilometres south, near the U.S. border. There are also 38 short term sites at Boundary

Dam. This means that in total, there are 291 sites ready for trucks, RVs, tents and campers at the two locations.

“Boundary is full service with water/electricity/sewer services. Woodlawn’s original park seasonal lots have electricity/water and sewer and the short term sites have power and water,” Soparlo added.

Additional sewer services are being looked at for Woodlawn’s original park and with an increase of 40 new sites added at Boundary Dam last year, it’s perhaps time to stabilize the situation and plan for the future and some further growth, the park supervisor said. At least that appeared to be the wishes of the board up to this point.

“All seasonal sites were taken up last year. A few were vacant for awhile due to weather issues, as were the short term sites, but all seasonal (long term) lots were snapped up at both locations,” Soparlo said.

A lottery-type draw is underway for some prime locations for next season. Last year the lottery draw was for 22 sites.

The original Woodlawn has the additional features of the golf course right next door, along with the river, two rental halls and picnic grounds. The Boundary Dam location offers dual boat launch docks and ideal fishing conditions on Boundary Dam Reservoir as well as a recently redesigned and refurbished beach.

Both locations have some flat, nearly treeless spots still remaining for future expansion, with only a few infill spots left to be developed within the more mature park areas. Soparlo said the flat land spots are currently being used for overflow parking and any other temporary needs and would have to be enhanced to attract potential campers.

With the RM of Estevan tending to the entrance roads and with all the necessary equipment in place to meet the maintenance needs in both parks, Soparlo said 2015 should prove to be another solid year for regional park activity near the city.

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Big double up donation brings Hearthstone near finish line

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

The team charged with the duty of collecting $8 million for a new nursing home in Estevan got to within $100,000 of their target last week when they picked up nearly $200,000 in one fell swoop thanks to two generous donations.

This past spring, a group of producers, inspired by farmer/businessman Ray Frehlick, decided to raise a half-section of canola with the profits going directly to the Hearthstone Foundation, the committee doing the fundraising for a new Estevan Regional Nursing Home.

The weather created a major challenge this year, especially during harvest, but the crop finally got into the elevator and thanks to the combined efforts of all participants, the results were a near pure-profit.

“Ray and a few team members did a little friendly persuasion work and others got involved,” said Vern Buck, spokesman for the Hearthstone committee.

The Hearthstone Harvest team ended up turning over a cheque in the amount of $97,984.07.

“It could have been as much as $101,000 except the wind blew some of it away,” said Frehlick, referring to the harvest activity that saw the crop come off in fits and starts over a three-week period.

“We’d get going for an hour or two, then rain would come, or the swaths would be blown all over,” said Mike Marr of Redhead Equipment, one of the participating companies who donated equipment, time and personnel to the task.

The second donation came from the Joe and Gloria Trobert family compact, in the amount of $100,000.

“As soon as we learned there was the opportunity to build a new nursing home, we knew we’d be making the donation. It was just a matter of when,” said Gloria in speaking with the Mercury in the family’s large workshop north of the city, where the two donations were made and followed by a lunch and social. Their family is also involved in oilfield and farming operations in the local district.

It was pointed out during the brief program that preceded the presentations that Ray and Doris Frehlick donated the land, Dwayne Frehlick provided a lot of spraying time and equipment while Redhead’s Marr put in time and company equipment for seeding and harvest along with Brian Petersen and Armel Hall. Randy Riege of Richardson Pioneer donated elevator space and ensured a quick sale of the crop. Bayer Crop Science, Monsanto and Dow Agroscience donated input chemicals and fertilizers to ensure a successful crop. Svein Bryde Trucking also chipped in to meet fuel costs.

“They caught the interest of people around the province with this effort,” said Buck, who noted some of the current nursing home residents who are former farmers, were anxious to see the crop come off.

“The needs have to be filled,” said Buck, who announced the committee had reached the $7.9 million mark.

“Thanks to all who participated in this,” said Frehlick.

“There was no guarantee this was going to work and a $97,000 cheque doesn’t come around every day,” he added with a chuckle. “We have a passion to see a new nursing home built in Estevan. It is badly needed. The project must go forward.”

The senior Trobert family members were joined by their children Teresa Benning, Jody McKersie and Kevin Trobert in making their donation that was received by Hearthstone and new nursing home committee representatives Don Kindopp and Buck.

“We saw an opportunity to help. We just had to make room for this crop. The fact it had to come off over a period of three weeks posed some challenges, but it was done,” said Riege.

“It happened. It took a little after-work time and weekends. The seeding went well, the harvest not as well,” said Marr. “But the quality was just fine. Canola handles moisture well. It’s just that when the swath was down and the wind came up and blew it over, we lost some value and it slowed everything down. But when we went to check on a spraying schedule or something like that, we’d find out that Ray or Dwayne had already done it. That’s how these guys work.”

The Hearthstone Harvest team raised $97,984.07 for the Heathstone Foundation in order to build a new nursing home in Estevan. From the left: Tracey Lievaart, Richardson Pioneer; Vicky Anderson, Bayer Crop Science; Don Kindopp, Hearthstone Foundation president; Ray Frehlick of Frehlick Farms who donated the land; Vern Buck, Hearthstone Foundation committee chair; Mike Marr, Redhead Equipment; Armel Hall, Redhead Equipment, Kim Fowler, Dow AgroService; Brian Petersen, Redhead Equipment; Doris Frehlick, Frehlick Farms and Randy Riege, Richardson Pioneer.

Gloria Trobert handed a $100,000 cheque to Hearthstone committee representatives Vern Buck and Don Kindopp (left), while other Trobert family members looked on. Beside Gloria is Teresa Benning, Jody McKersie, Joe Trobert and Kevin Trobert.

World record broken Hands were a blur as students from St. Mary’s feverishly stacked cups in hopes of breaking a world record.

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The Guinness World Record for highest number of speedstackers speedstacking at the same time, as of press time, stands at 574,699, which breaks last year’s record of 555,932.

“The students were quite excited they could be a part of something so fun and new,” said Agnes Plourde-Doran, a Grade 7 teacher at St. Mary’s, who ran the event on Nov. 13 at St. Mary’s gymnasium.

“I was impressed with the stacking skills of the grade 6,7, and 8 students, some were already stacking at a competitive level,” she said.

St. Mary’s was one of 2,927 schools, in 35 countries around the world to participate in the event.

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Local speed stacker Erick Sameneigo participated in the world record-breaking speed stacking event at St. Mary’s School.

25-minute period in which the world record was to be broken, a number of challenges were completed: Challenge 1: Stack a 2-layered pyramid and take it down.

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No need for additional speed limit When Estevan residents were given the opportunity to express their opinion at the polling stations regarding the addition of another speed zone in the city, they responded with a resounding, “we don’t know.”

The vote count in 2012 was 1,468 in favour of adding a 40 km/h speed zone in most residential areas, while 1,442 were opposed to the additional layer of limitation.

It seems now as if the recently appointed City Traffic Committee is about to come forward with a recommendation to maintain the status quo. They’ll forward their thoughts to the Estevan Board of Police Commissioners, who, in turn, will provide a recommendation to Estevan City council.

We have a tendency to agree with the now prevailing thought process that it’s not necessarily a 10 km/h speed reduction we should be concerned with, but rather the desire to enforce what is already out there in terms of speed limits and a desire to see bad drivers, aggressive drivers, impaired drivers and distracted drivers fined heavily or even removed from our streets and roads.

Estevan Police Chief Paul Ladouceur is probably correct in his suggestion that the problems with speeding are not necessarily those drivers who are topping 40 or 50 km/h, but rather the manner in which they are doing it. Drivers who accelerate too quickly from intersections and stop signals and those who aren’t aware of their immediate surroundings, are going to cause irritations and problems, no matter what the sign says.

Common sense and courtesy are not in their wheelhouse, so-to-speak. These are the drivers who tend to spin out, or slide

Prairie Perspective MURRAY MANDRYK Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Few lessons learned If you don’t recall where rural Saskatchewan was a year ago, allow me to refresh your memory.

The province, and all of Western Canada, for that matter, had just recorded its biggest crop in history. A cool spring gave way to a hot, damp July and August that proved to be perfect growing conditions for grain, oilseed and pulse crops.

The first frost held off long enough for farmers to bring in this bumper crop, but winter then arrived with a vengeance. Blasts of snow and cold from the polar vortex kept temperatures below seasonal for most of the winter months.

This bad weather did account for some train delays experienced by CN and CP Rail in shipping last year’s bumper crop. There can be no denying that.

But a far, far bigger factor in the poor movement of grain was shareholders’ greed that has resulted in both railways’ selling cars and engines and focusing on the movement of far more profitable oil. What was

through red lights on icy streets and blame the City for not sanding the roads, or they accelerate through pools of water, dousing nearby pedestrians as they speed up around the corners. They need driving lessons, not a new speed limit sign.

With well-posted speed limits of 80, 50 and 30 km/h already in existence in and around the city, we are pretty well protected.

Certainly we would like to see heightened enforcement of 30 km/h speed limits around our schools and public playparks.

Those areas appear to attract the most flagrant abusers.

A 50 km/h speed is rarely a concern on residential streets since most are already somewhat restricted with stop or yield signs at intersections. The 50 km/h rate appears to be quite workable on the main throughways such as King Street, Kensington Avenue and Fourth Street and a few other major tributaries.

If Estevan Police Service personnel can maintain a level of diligence, surveillance and apprehension with regards to the stupid, distracted, impaired and needlessly aggressive drivers, and convince the justice system to get on board with them to fine them heavily or remove them entirely, that’s pretty well what we need in this city … not another speed limit layer.

We have had a few vehicle/pedestrian and vehicle/bicycle incidents in the past couple of years, but not at a rate that has raised red flags. In a city of over 12,000, we have to understand there needs to be increasing awareness of traffic volumes and, on occasion, traffic congestion. There will be negative incidents.

But if we all agree to treat fellow motorists and pedestrians with a little common sense, courtesy and concern, we’ll do just fine with our current civic speed limits.

good for shareholders, and certainly rail executives like CP President Hunter Harrison, who made $49.1 million in salary and stock options in 2012, was bad for farmers.

Of course, the railways did what they have been rather good at for a century now.

They blamed the weather. And they blamed the grain companies when Saskatchewan Economy Minister Bill Boyd confronted them with pictures he had requested on the farm website Agriville.com of cars sitting idle at terminals.

Despite all this, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz repeatedly said he was “loathe to regulate” the railways to live up to their mandate by moving western grain.

Well, after much prompting, the federal government did come forward with Bill C-30 (an act to amend the Canada Grain Act) that subjected railways to $100,000-per-day fines if they failed to move a million tonnes each week. It was considerably less than the Saskatchewan government’s call for $250,000 per day for failing to move 13,000 cars a week.

Some estimate that the failure to move grain cost the western economy as much as $8.3 billion and even more conservative estimates suggest it still cost between $2 and $3 billion.

Well, fast forward a year and we are again getting our first blast of what is expected to be another bitter winter after a considerably less spectacular crop has already been delayed by an unseasonably wet harvest that extended into late October.

The bins are again full on many Sas-

katchewan farms, but that’s sometimes because the grains, oilseeds and pulses from last year have not yet moved.

And politicians, at least on the provincial level, are again talking about what can be done to prevent an even more disastrous repeat of last year.

At the recent gathering of the North West Partnership in Regina, B.C. Premier Christy Clark, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall concluded Ottawa should invest $1.5 billion in transportation to ease the problem.

Japan is no longer buying western Canadian wheat for the first time in 40 years, Wall told reporters. And he explained how officials from a Malaysian milling operation told him there is no point in ordering Saskatchewan products in November and December because they can’t rely on it getting to port.

The premiers did bring various stakeholders into the conversations including the grain companies, railways and federal government, represented by Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback. Ritz was in China with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Questions remain whether that $100,000-a-day fine for the railways has been reduced to $100,000 a week, a pittance for the railway companies.

In short, while the provinces seem to be trying to do something, the feds seemed to have learned precious little from the grain movement mess of a year ago.

Sadly, we may be in for another long, cold winter.

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Motivate me, I dare you!

There are too many ideas running through my head these days, but what really hurts is the fact that none of them are any good.

I have no validity when my grand ideas are placed up to the light for closer scrutiny. It’s kinda humbling to be stupid, but I’ve learned to live with humbleness.

Motivational speakers will tell you to hold your head high and walk quickly forward with confidence.

When I do that, I walk into furniture and cars and see nothing but pigeons and power lines. I don’t always see the future.

I like to walk with my head down. That way I can see the potholes and mud I am about to step into and an occasional dime or quarter. That’s more rewarding than pigeon poop … and safer.

I would love to be a motivational speaker, but I truly believe most of the subjects have been claimed by the more than 13,000 specialists already out there. There are even motivational speakers who will tell us how to be better procrastinators. How lame is that? I can’t remember the name of their website. I’ll look it up later.

One thing I’ve learned to be pretty good at is cynicism and skepticism. I even learned how to spell them. That comes with this profession.

I have often told the bride she would make an excellent reporter because she asks interesting questions. Then I realized, she would be a much better police or military interrogator. There’s a fine line between the two, and she wouldn’t mind crossing it.

Discovering that your high-priced motivational speaker is merely spitting out confirmations of a bunch of stuff you already knew, but had dismissed decades ago, in the name of efficiency or laziness, is a real let down. That’s why I don’t bother signing up for any more motivational seminars, workshops or energetic addresses.

I might enjoy a chance to mix in with some of these cultlike Lean seminars/workshops/workbees/specialist training courses, but I’m too busy and they aren’t willing to pay me for my time or raw talent. I’d love to be called sensei Norm, or tick tack patty wack Park and get $3,000 for imparting basic business sense into malleable minds. But that won’t happen.

At this stage, I don’t require any more gung ho, take one for the team rah, rah, sis boom bah speakers to inundate me with their unbridled but well-paid enthusiasm.

I don’t need another Deepak in my wheel house, a Suzy, a Dwyer, a Toby … or any televised evangelist who eagerly spouts what, is in essence, just giftwrapped common sense.

Retired farmers will emit more information and education over a cup of coffee and won’t insist that I jump up, run around or shout on cue.

Please place a barrier between moi and enthusiastic religious zealots too. They can be the worst kind of supposed motivators since they are generally one-trick ponies who can bend a Biblical passage to suit their particular purpose or need for cash, from the unsuspecting and unquestioning unwashed populace. The Qu’ran disciples do it too, only they don’t seem to have as much fun as the Bible benders.

When I seek motivation, it usually means I’m hungry, or I’m looking for a broom, rake, hammer or laundry detergent.

Nobody makes $3,000 an hour talking about laundry detergent. But I’m not sure about that.

However, I might be persuaded to deliver a rousing address on cynicism, the gift that festers in the mind and spirit of all self-respecting reporters.

Book me now, before you or I lose interest.

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NDP calls for royalty hikes would hurt province The Editor, Recently the leader of the NDP let slip his party’s plans for Saskatchewan’s oil and gas sector by saying he’d like to see regular reviews and raises of the royalty structure that resource companies pay.

It goes without saying that regular hikes in royalties would severely harm oil and gas companies, but they would also threaten thousands of jobs and workers in these industries. For areas like Saskatchewan’s southeast this would be devastating.

This proposal harkens back to the failed policies of Dwain Lingenfelter, who in 2011, called for massive royalty hikes to pay for his tax-and-spend priorities.

In fact, even one NDP MLA recognizes how destructive regular royalty hikes would be; Buckley Belanger, NDP MLA for Athabasca, who said in the Legislature earlier this year, “Don’t change the royalties. Don’t try and mess with any of the alliances we had with the industry that develops a lot of the resources in

our province.”

Unfortunately for Mr. Belanger and the province, the NDP leader has different ideas – it’s just too bad these ideas are based in the past, and would take this province backwards from a national leader in growth back into “have-not” status. The NDP may have a different leader, but as we are seeing more every day, it’s the same old NDP. Doreen Eagles, MLA for Estevan

Youth learn hockey’s life lessons

The Editor, Thank you to everyone who played a role in a great Initiation Hockey Jamboree on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Estevan Leisure Centre. This is the annual kick off event for the hockey season for 60 enthusiastic five and sixyear-old boys and girls now that everyone has been divided up into five little teams.

It’s through events like this that we work to

instill ideals that will last a lifetime, like cheering on your teammates, respecting your opposition and always doing your very best.

Thanks to the coaches for leading each team through some fun team building activities and stories. Thanks to Ryan and Mandy Irwin at the King Street Tim Hortons for supplying doughnuts for all the kids and coffee for the parents. We also all enjoyed pizza courtesy of

Ryan Hogg at Core Integrity Inspections and Engineering. Thank you to the parents for their dedication throughout a busy season.

I would like to give a special thank you to the Estevan Jr. A Bruins, who played an important part of the jamboree. Half of the players led the off-ice session in the gym and the other half were on ice at Affinity Place. We heard numerous times from the kids that they couldn’t

believe that the big Bruins were playing with them.

These kids literally and figuratively look up to all of you, so thank you for taking the time out of your schedules and putting in the planning and obvious effort to put a smile on the kids’ faces. You did a great job!

Sincerely, Abbey Webber, Estevan Initiation Hockey Director

Income splitting not for everybody The Editor, One of the late Jim Flaherty’s best features as Finance Minister was his willingness to pushback against Stephen Harper’s excessive partisanship. Income splitting was a case in point.

Mr. Harper trotted it out as a hypothetical campaign promise during the 2011 election, to be honoured at some future date after the federal books had been balanced. Whether Mr. Flaherty disliked the idea from the beginning is hard to tell, but in his latter days in the Finance department he didn’t mince words.

He openly challenged income splitting as too costly and distinctly unfair because it would benefit “some parts of the Canadian population a lot and other parts of the Canadian population not at all.” Mr.

Flaherty pushed back.

It is crucial for Finance Ministers to be able to do that. They are among the few who can speak truth to all-too-powerful Prime Ministers. Their authority in Finance can only be used sparingly, but when it’s needed it should be exercised.

In his final telling criticisms of income splitting, Mr. Flaherty opened the door to principled reconsideration. But as soon as he was gone, Stephen Harper slammed that door, right in Joe Oliver’s face. And without a peep of protest from the new Minister. He is there, apparently, just to do Mr. Harper’s bidding.

Income splitting will cost the federal treasury about $2-billion every year.

That’s a lot of money. The economy remains shaky.

Revenues are uncertain, as tumbling oil prices amply demonstrate. The Parliamentary Budget Officer says a “tax expenditure” of this magnitude risks re-creating deficits. He would also know only too well that to make room for that $2-billion per year, he imposed hard budget cuts in such areas as services to returning soldiers and veterans, maritime search and rescue, forensic labs, immigration offices, trade offices, emergency preparedness, National Parks, the Census, employment insurance, social benefit appeals, environmental protection, Aboriginal education, public infrastructure ... and more. Mr. Flaherty would not want his “savings” to be squandered on a bad idea.

Income splitting will help fewer than 15 per cent

of Canadian households more than 85 per cent get left out. And among those few who will benefit, the biggest winners are the wealthiest.

Perhaps worst of all, income splitting misses the target entirely on Canada’s most pressing economic problem and that’s the lack of substantial, sustained economic growth.

Surely it would be more effective and more prudent to invest now in the drivers of greater growth – like transformative public infrastructure, higher learning and skills, science and innovation – which would boost the economic prospects of all Canadians, while also reinforcing the fiscal integrity of all levels of government.

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Calling on volunteers to meet community challenge

By Jordan Baker editor@estevanmercury.ca

Challenge Day may be directed first and foremost at high school students, forming maturing minds to see everyone as equals, but it’s also about community building outside of school, growing connections between a city’s youth and their adult counterparts.

In that vein, Southeast Advocates for Employment has been involved in Challenge Day at the Estevan Comprehensive School since it began.

Now preparing for its fourth year of the event that caters to Grade 9 students at ECS, Nancy Zeleny said for employers and employees around the Energy City, the activity has become a professional development day for many.

“As an adult volunteer, you take those tools you learn that day into your own job. Anybody that’s in a helping field, anybody who is in the community-based professions, it’s awesome,” said Zeleny, who noted some employers have used the event as a professional development day.

Zeleny is the transition co-ordinator at Southeast Advocates for Employment and has been attending Challenge since its first year in Estevan.

In previous years, Estevan Police Services members have attended, as well as city councillors and others. There is no training or experience

Challenge Day at Estevan Comprehensive School will be held for the fourth consecutive year on Dec. 17 and 18. The call has gone out now to encourage adult volunteers to step forward to participate in the annual event. required to attend, only an open mind, she said.

Leading up to the event, which runs on Dec. 17 and 18, they are looking for adult volunteers to sign up and attend the conference with the students. It’s not a particularly difficult experience, said Zeleny, who said adults are expected to participate right along with the Grade 9 students.

“The point of having the adult participants involved is that we’re bringing school and community together. That’s so important. Often times youth will see adults in their community as authority figures, but this (provides) an equal playing field. Any activity the students do, the adult participant does

as well,” said Zeleny.

“That just breaks down a lot of barriers. It opens up the bridges of communication for adults and youth in the community.”

Personally, Zeleny said that after three years of attending the event, she continues to see the same teenagers that she met at Challenge Day out in the community, working around Estevan. Their shared experience opens them up.

“When you see that person in the community, you have that person you can say hello to, have a little bit of a conversation and catch up with.

That’s the real goal, just to make that connection from school to community,”

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Because it’s the fourth year for Challenge Day at ECS, following the December event, just about every student in the school will have gone through the program, which began with Grade 9 students who are ECS seniors this year.

While the event itself acts as a spark, Zeleny

said she hopes it leads to a torch that can be passed around the community for years.

“Once we leave those doors, we want to keep that momentum going. We want to keep it up and keep it happy. It’s awesome if you go to a restaurant and see a student who might be working there, or they’re

out with their family as well, and it’s just that look, that look of commonality that you see in their eyes.

They just acknowledge you and you say hello.”

She said she ran into one student who had since graduated high school and told her they were so impacted by Challenge Day that they started taking psychology or sociology classes because they wanted to further study some of the feelings the day brought.

That shows the positive experience of students, while Zeleny noted some adult volunteers have come back year after year. Those people have given about 10 or 11 full days to Challenge Day in the last few years. While some keep coming back, Zeleny said it’s also great for people who can only come for one of the days.

There is no obligation to attend both.

Adults interested in attending Challenge Day this year may sign up by contacting Zeleny at 306634-9554 or by e-mailing her at nancy.transition@ sasktel.net

Resources available during Bullying Awareness Week November 17-21 is recognized as Bullying Awareness Week across the country. This year’s theme is “Stand Up!” and encourages youth to speak out against bullying.

“Each and every student deserves to feel safe and accepted in their school communities,” Education Minister Don Morgan said.

“We will continue working with our partners, communities, educators and most importantly, our students, to ensure that we address the issue of bullying and

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The Government of Saskatchewan continues to support a number of programs as part of the recommendations from Saskatchewan’s Action Plan to Address Bullying and Cyberbullying including working with community partners such as the Kids Help Phone and the Red Cross.

Through a partnership with SaskTel and the “I Am Stronger” website, the ministry is also providing students, educators and families with access to anti-bullying resources, an anonymous online reporting tool and the opportunity to be engaged in building a caring and respectful online community.

When students participate in this online community

through the website, they become eligible to apply for grants to support their local anti-bullying efforts.

Students, parents and teachers will learn more about building this online community during the second annual Student First Anti-Bullying Forum held later in the week.

The forum will help students develop leadership skills to then encourage safe and accepting learning environments in their own schools.

The online reporting tool, along with anti-bullying supports and resources for students, parents and educators, can be found at www.iamstronger.ca To find out more about Saskatchewan’s Action Plan to Address Bullying and Cyberbullying, visit www.education.gov.sk.ca// Anti-Bullying/campeaureport.pdf

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More options and slightly lower prices have provided residents in Estevan a much-needed break from the city’s ongoing housing dilemma.

“We have probably, the best selection we’ve had in a number of years in terms of styles and price ranges,” said Lynn Chipley, owner of Century 21 Border Real Estate.

“Prices have relaxed somewhat from the crazy times of 2012, which is a good thing for buyers and perhaps not as good for sellers, but we still have a high market.”

The admirable shape of the housing market has actually come as a bit of a surprise to Chipley.

“With the clean coal project coming to an end, and with different things happening in the oil industry, I was concerned that we might have a dreadful year, but we didn’t have a dreadful year at all,” she said.

A few factors come into play when it comes to the surprisingly quiet, yet steady, housing market in the Energy City, Chipley said.

With the oilfield and energy sectors still largely determining the trend of housing in the city, the completions of major projects at SaskPower and the lower oil prices have likely contributed to the recent shift in prices and availability.

“It’s just the nature of the industry and both of those industries have their push times, but there are the occasional blips,” she said. “Farming is in the background, too and contributes to that solid base. It’s all interwoven

to an extent.”

Lower interest rates have made an impact as well, she said.

Chipley noted there was a 25 per cent dip in sales this year, a seemingly significant drop when compared with their peak years. However, the increase in availability, she said, is for the most part, what has shaped that outcome.

“If you have 50 houses and 40 buyers that’s different than when you have 100 buyers and 30 houses, which is the difference in the market right now,” she said.

The rapid condominium development in Estevan has played a role in how the market stands today, said Josh LeBlanc, realtor for Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Prairieview.

“There’s definitely a surplus of condos and townhomes in the market right now,” he said. “If you look at North Point and Petterson Point, I’ve had units that last spring were selling for $279,000 and this fall we’re selling them for $215,000.”

Chipley said the simultaneous emergence of the North Point and Marisa condo complexes, perhaps came at a time when the need for those complexes was already filled by previous apartment buildings.

“The three buildings that went up at the same time were obviously in demand because all three of them were sold before they were completed, so the demand was there for that,” she said. “Then two more buildings went up at the same time and by then, we were probably serving the market fairly well.”

She said if the construction of North Point and Marisa

were spread out over a two-year period, the surplus may have been avoided. Chipley added, however, that the units will be absorbed; it may just take a little longer. Marisa has since become a rentable condominium, which Chipley said has been well received by the public.

LeBlanc said it’s important the city maintains strong ties with developers, despite the current surplus.

“We have great developers in the city that are answering our calls,” he said. “We need to continue to have those strong relationships with developers, so when we maybe see round two or three of this boom, they’re still going to want to work with us.”

Single-family homes have been steady in sales this year. Chipley noted 156 single family homes have been sold in 2014. Seventy-five per cent of those have been priced under $400,000, which she said has largely been the norm for a long time. This year’s prices, interestingly enough, haven’t entirely coincided with the city’s trend of a 40 per cent price increase over a five-year period, and have instead, dropped slightly. Over the past 10 years, prices have actually doubled.

Affordable accommodation, LeBlanc said, is something the city still lacks, but he is optimistic about the city’s future when it comes to housing, especially when they factor in the oil and energy sectors, which play big roles in how the market is shaped year after year.

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2014 and into 2015 with Estevan trustee Karen Melle being selected as vice-chair.

A public data wall, as requested by the Ministry of Education, will be established at the board office in Weyburn. The wall

will provide graphic evidence of student progress.

The board also learned that the former St. Dominic Savio School in Weyburn has been sold, and by August of next year, Holy Family will be leasing office space

from the new owner to re-establish their division offices in that location.

The west portion of the former school property will be processed for a future sale as well.

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Sun Country receives accreditation

Happy With The Hardware Last week the winners of the Estevan Chamber of Commerce’s pumpkin carving contest were unveiled. The 10-and-under winners were Brooke Woods, left, and Graceigh-Mae Sullivan, right. The winner of the 16-andover category was Melissa Rosengren (not pictured). Photo submitted.

Sun Country Health Region has met the rigorous conditions that apply to gaining accreditation from the Accreditation Canada board of examiners.

The region’s care practices and policies met 95.3 per cent of the national standards, said the recent Sun Country media release issued on Nov. 14.

The national standards are used to measure the ability of Canadian health care organizations to provide high quality, safe and effectively managed health care.

The week-long evaluation process of all programs and services was carried out between Sept. 28 and Oct. 3. The accreditation team conducted visits to 16 facilities within the Sun Country region.

Surveyors judged the SCHR on the basis of leadership, governance, medication management standards, infection prevention and control. They measured all programs provided to populations with chronic conditions, child and youth populations, maternal/child and senior populations and public health services.

Services in the SCHR’s operating rooms, primary health care, surgical care, emergency departments, home care, long-term care, medicine, rehabilitation, emergency medical services, community-based mental health and addictions, obstetrics, inpatient mental health and reprocessing were also measured for excellence.

Accreditation is part of the health region’s ongoing process of quality improvement, the release noted. The formal evaluation and survey is conducted every four years by an independent team of surveyors from across Canada.

Accreditation Canada is a not-for-profit, independent organization that provides national and international health care organizations with an external peer review process to assess and recommend improvements to the services they provide to patients and clients based on standards of excellence.

Surveyors noted the Lean management system promotes a way of providing quality care and services to a target population and the mechanism for engaging front line staff in creating positive change. They said this direction works well for SCHR and the region is encouraged to continue to provide education about Lean to staff.

“We are very pleased with the results and will work diligently with staff to complete the few remaining standards in the required time frame,” said Marga Cugnet, SCHR’s president and CEO.

Opportunities for youth abound on prairies Alberta and Saskatchewan offer the most opportunity for young Canadians while Ontario and Quebec mimic the economic malaise of Atlantic Cana da.

Those are the findings of a new study released Tuesday by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

“Western Canada is the land of opportunity while Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces, now resemble Atlantic Canada with its gloomy economic outlook and relatively poor prospects for young people,” said Mark Milke, study author and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute.

The study, Go West, Young Adults: The 10Year Western Boom in Investment, Jobs and Incomes, compares all 10

provinces based on several economic indicators including employment rates, income levels, private sector investment and population patterns to determine the levels of opportunity (including employment and the prospects for at least a middle-class income) for young adults.

Between 2003 and 2012, on a net basis, Alberta welcomed 60,855 career-age young adults (aged 25–34) from other parts of the country, by far the highest number among the provinces, followed by British Columbia (10,643) and Saskatchewan (581).

Meanwhile, during that same 10-year period, every other province lost young adults. Ontario lost 27,451 young adults while Quebec lost 24,355.

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provinces in Central and Eastern Canada to the greener pastures of the West,” Milke said.

Jobs are the main reason for the western migration. From 2004 to 2013, the average annual unemployment rates among 25-34 year olds in Alberta (4.2 per cent) and Saskatchewan (4.8 per cent) dwarfed the rates in Quebec (7.3 per cent) and Ontario (7.1 per cent).

Ontario also has the highest chronic unemployment rates in Canada—worse

than Newfoundland and Labrador.

Moreover, Alberta’s average per person income in 2012 (the latest statistical year available) was $52,207, far higher than Ontario ($40,838) and Quebec ($37,106).

Alberta also leads all provinces in private sector investment, a key driver of employment growth.

In 2012, private sector investment in Alberta totalled $60.5 billion, compared to Ontario ($43.1 billion) and Quebec ($25.7

billion). “ C l e a r l y, w h e r e there’s more private sector investment there are more jobs and greater opportunities for young Canadians to enjoy a middle-class lifestyle,” Milke said.

However, at least one eastern province shows signs of hope. According to the study, Newfoundland and Labrador has improved in a number of economic categories including private sector investment, per-capita income and weekly wage

rates. But the West still rules.

“Today, any young Canadian seeking economic opportunity—a full-time job and the possibility of a middle-income salary or better—has a much better shot in Western Canada,” Milke said.

“Ontario and Quebec are not providing opportunities for young adults and have been losing their best and brightest to the dynamic, opportunityrich economies of Western Canada.”

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A sweet sound like no other behind the scenes, organizing shows and making sure his wife’s performances run smoothly and are of the highest quality, said a local orchestra is something that belongs in smaller communities, not just the big cities like Saskatoon and Regina.

“I think having an orchestra in your area delivers a sense of civic pride,” he said. “We have the brass orchestra, which is wonderful, but when the city needs entertainment and some music, these people are readily available.”

By Alex Coop acoop@estevanmercury.ca

Residents in southeast Saskatchewan who are looking to hear something that’s absent from the majority of playlists and local radio stations will want to mark their calendars for Magic of Karpaty.

The musical performance, which consists of two musicians from Ukraine, will take place at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Estevan on Nov. 26 and at Midale School Nov. 27.

“It’s like telling a story and it can be very emotional,” explained Nadia Babchouk, referring to the Ukrainian music that will be in full force in late November. “But it’s also music you can dance to and get excited about.”

Babchouk is one half of the musical duo from the Ivano Frankivsk region of West Ukraine, where music is an important aspect of the culture. It’s also where she obtained a diploma for teaching the violin. She then moved on to university, where she received a scholarship and decided to pursue music even further. Over the summer in 2014, Nadia joined Veseli Halychany, a musical folk group that has been touring the world since the late 80s, during their tour in Ukraine.

She moved to Prince Albert and attended university classes there about 14 years ago, in hopes of furthering her career in teaching music. Babchouk relocated to Midale a year ago and runs the Magic Music School. Many remember her for her recent performance at the United Way Telethon.

“I really want to show people the beauty of Ukrai-

for his uncanny skill with the violin.

“He is so multi-faced, it’s incredible,” said Mackie. “There’s a guy in Ukraine named Papa Duke, and he’s the standard a lot of people go by when it comes to music,” he said. “Papa Duke is well known, and though Bogdan isn’t as popular, he’s in that class. He can listen to a tune for a few seconds and play it on the violin.”

Mackie said Vatsyk also plays the piano and an instrument called a cimbala,

“It’s like telling a story and it can be very emotional ... but it’s also music you can dance to and get excited about.”

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Nadia Babchouk will be performing with Bogdan Vatsyk at Trinity Lutheran Church in Estevan on Nov. 26 and at Midale School Nov. 27. nian culture,” she said, after noting the large number of Ukrainian people who live in the area.

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that have been kind enough to offer her some space and time during specific times in the week. She also teaches at her home in Midale, but is looking for a permanent location in the Energy City.

“I’m not making too much money yet,” she said, and listed a number of other part time jobs she’s worked at in order to make ends meet.

One of her passions, which she said surprises most people, is her affinity

for car racing.

“That’s been a dream of mine for a long time,” she said. “I haven’t been able to try it yet, except on the street,” she joked.

Music, however, is unquestionably her passion, and she said she hopes the upcoming performances will raise enough money for her to buy more instruments for students and fund a local orchestra.

Babchouk’s husband, Greg Mackie, who works

Mackie said young children who are interested in music and attend music school will have something to look forward to locally, and can cherish the fact that they can represent the city they were raised in.

“It’s just like basketball or hockey, you start at the junior levels and work your way up to the seniors,” he said.

Mackie met Babchouk in school at Prince Albert, and their encounter, he said, was completely unexpected.

“My plan was to get out of Prince Albert by the end of August and avoid meeting anyone and avoid winter,” he laughed. “I stayed there until April and met Nadia through one of her friends, who kind of introduced us, so I guess I kind of struck out on both of my goals.”

Babchouk’s musical partner, Bogdan Vatsyk, who Babchouk has known since university, was a member of an orchestra in Ukraine and is renowned

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Babchouk asked Vatsyk to come to Canada to play at musical festivals and help spread their country’s unique musical culture.

“He’s way better than me,” Nadia said modestly.

Mackie stressed the significance of having a piece of foreign culture showcased in the area.

“It takes a huge amount of effort in maintaining these cultural elements, but it’s beautiful,” he said.

Magic of Karpaty is a production that encourages participation, and people who have attended one of Babchouk’s shows will realize how hard it is to stay seated.

“We want everyone to get up and dance and have a good time,” Babchouk explained.

“It’s going to be a very relaxed atmosphere,” Mackie noted. “People will soak in sounds they’ve never heard before, and we want people to be entertained.”

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Indecent exposure incident heading into courtroom An incident that involved an act of indecent exposure in mid-August is now finding its way to the courtroom.

Estevan Police Service issued a statement this past week, indicating that a man had walked into an Estevan business on the northeast side of the city in the middle of the afternoon last summer and proceeded to expose himself to a female employee.

Following the event, EPS personnel set up an investigation that ultimately led to an arrest and charges being laid on Nov. 13.

As a result of this investigation, the 35-year-old male was charged with committing an indecent act and was then released pending a future court date in Estevan.

On Nov. 14, EPS members spent several busy hours engaged in routine vehicle checks during the evening shift with nine of them resulting in arrests or summary

offence tickets.

During one of the stops, police arrested and charged a man for being in breach of court-ordered conditions related to his release. In another incident, a 57-year-old driver was charged with driving while impaired and driving while his blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent. He now has a January 2015 court date. Other liquor-related stops resulted in three-day suspensions being imposed on drivers while another arrest was related to a 17-year-old marijuana user who was charged with being in possession of under 30 grams of the controlled substance.

During the evening of Nov. 13 or early morning hours of Nov. 14, police stopped a vehicle they observed coming off a back road on the east side of the city. A man and woman were arrested when police discovered more than two pounds of marijuana in the vehicle. The 23-year-old

male driver was charged with being in possession for the purpose of trafficking marijuana and was later released after being given a January court date. The female was released without any charges.

On the night of Nov. 17, EPS members were called to a residential area in the north central area of the city to check into a person possibly engaged in suspicious activity. Police made a patrol of the area but were unable to locate any suspicious person or evidence of suspicious activity.

That same evening, police received a complaint regarding an erratic driver on the west side of the city.

Police were able to locate the vehicle in question with the male driver being arrested and charged with impaired driving and driving while over .08. He will answer to the charges during a January court visit.

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SGI is asking the public to share their views on Saskatchewan’s auto injury program. Feedback can be provided online at www. sgi.sk.ca.

Earlier this year, SGI began a review of auto injury coverage by consulting with current and former auto injury customers and key stakeholders including representatives from the medical, legal, and insurance communities. Their input, as well as input from SGI employees who work with the program, has been used to compile options for possible changes to the program. Now SGI would like to hear what the public thinks.

“Since 2003, Saskatchewan customers have had the option to be covered under no-fault or tort injury coverage,” said President and CEO Andrew Cartmell.

“Customers will continue to have that option, but certain aspects of coverage are being reviewed to measure the effectiveness of each program so we can better meet customers’ needs.”

The consultation asks customers to consider cur-

rent benefits and limits, enhancements to coverage, exclusions and gaps in current coverage. The consultation will seek opinions about, for example: No-fault injury coverage • Benefit levels and limits (e.g. improving living assistance benefits, adding a counselling benefit for immediate family members) • Changes regarding the ability to sue an at-fault driver • P o s s i b l e o t h e r changes (e.g. improve how income benefits for selfemployed customers) • A discount for retirees • Options for injury coverage for motorcyclists Tort injury coverage • Benefit levels (e.g. enhancements to the Tort income benefit) The feedback gathered will be used to make recommendations to government early next year. The consultation will be available until Nov. 30, 2014 at www.sgi.sk.ca, or by calling 306-751-3554 or toll-free 1-800-667-8015 ext. 3554 to receive a paper copy.

For many, the general wisdom has for a long time been that sleeping is a waste of our time. When we’re awake, we’re productive, but when we sleep, we’re a drain on our own efficiency and desire to get stuff done.

The importance of sleep couldn’t possibly be more undervalued by some, but people are learning more about our evening slumbers all the time. The difference between sleeping soundly and sleeping poorly can deeply affect our lives. Getting the right amount at the right time and in the right way can be freeing, while struggling to get a wink has been known to control people’s lives.

Sleep science is a booming area of study, and now anyone may have their sleeping patterns monitored in order to develop better sleeping habits.

But those habits may best be developed at an early age.

Hosting a sleep seminar for parents of infants in Estevan last week, Treena Zelyck said it quite plainly: “Children with poor sleeping habits will become adults with poor sleeping habits, and that can lead to other issues as well.”

Hosting the seminar at the Estevan Public Library, Zelyck helps parents develop sleep plans for toddlers and children up to about age six. She said she helps create a plan to help children fall asleep independently, which eventually leads to toddlers falling asleep on their own each night.

“There’s not really anything revolutionary about it.

There’s lots of information out there,” Zelyck said, noting that her job is to provide support for parents and help with any troubleshooting that may be necessary.

It’s normal for infants to have sleep issues, and she said there is lots of game playing with toddlers in order to help them sleep. Pinpointing what the issues are can be a challenge, but she said the diagnosis is often quick for parents if they aren’t getting their sleep either.

“There’s lots of frustration on the parents’ part. A lot

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— Treena Zelyck of clients talk about marriages in conflict because of things like this, so it helps out (the relationship) as well.”

Nightmares can be a big issue for a parent when their kids are toddlers.

“What is the cause? Is it that extra glass of water or a toy that they need? If you talk to lots of parents with babies, it’s not so much the game playing, it’s just habits and what they can do to fall asleep. Maybe they need the bottle or they need to rocked or held.”

Zelyck calls those actions and items sleep props, and she said the ultimate goal is to remove those from the sleep process.

“Not necessarily out completely, but just so they can fall asleep on their own,” she added.

The point of the seminar was to clearly show there are a number of barriers to getting a good sleep, but they can be overcome and there is help available, even in chronic cases.

Education was a big part of the seminar, learning about why an infant isn’t sleeping and how habits and connections with stumbling blocks must be broken.

“These are life-forming habits. You’re creating a lifelong gift and a life-long lesson,” Zelyck said.

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November’s Movember campaign is again seeing participation from many men around the Energy City. Jay Pierson and some of the members of his team posed for a photo last week to mark the progress of their moustaches in the name of raising awareness and funds for men’s health programming. Photo submitted.

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Movember is about sharing a memory of someone who has died or solidarity with someone who is ill.

Throughout November men all over the world take part in Movember, a campaign where participants grow moustaches through the 30-day month to raise awareness of men’s health issues as well as raising donations that go to various organizations attached to prostate cancer and mental health.

One group of about 15 Estevan men includes a number of representatives

from the Estevan Police Service, though it’s not exclusive to the cops as it includes members of Estevan Fire Rescue along with other community members.

EPS constable Jay Pierson has been growing a moustache for a number of years as part of the Movember campaign. Originally, the campaign focused on prostate cancer but has since broadened its approach to include mental health issues as well.

When Pierson talks about awareness, it’s not so much about informing anyone that health issues exist and need to be monitored or treated. He said

it’s about changing how men talk about these issues, and if they don’t talk at all, encouraging a greater openness to discuss health issues.

Pierson’s father passed away after being diagnosed with cancer, and a number of his family members have joined to take part in Movember this year. He also has co-workers or previous co-workers who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

“Everybody who participates usually has somebody in mind of who they’re doing it to show respect for or show a memory of, and create an awareness and

raise some funds for the cause,” said Pierson.

He said the awareness has come not necessarily in an increase in men booking check ups with their doctors, but in how to speak about prostate cancer.

“Certainly in dialogue (I’ve seen changes) and over the last two years a second cause has been added, mental health awareness. That again creates the dialogue. When you have a bunch of men wearing the moustaches that we generally sport, that is going to draw some attention.”

The stares are welcomed.

Movember has be-

come something of an expected spectacle over the month of November, said Pierson. If it went away, there may be a rather large void.

But this campaign also must run in the Internet Age, when campaigns like the Ice Bucket Challenge burst onto the scene in a way so that people forget why they’re there in the first place. The activity overshadows the campaign.

Pierson doesn’t think Movember is seen the same

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Workshop looks at human rights Respect at the workplace is everybody’s responsibility, and yesterday’s workshop at Southeast Newcomer Services in Estevan focused on workplace ethics.

In partnership with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, the

Rights, Responsibilities, and Respect: Human Rights in the Saskatchewan Workplace workshop, led by the government’s community engagement consultant, Heather Monus, created conversations about a variety of topics.

From hiring do’s and

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way. It has staying power.

“The reminder is strongly there. It’s a monthlong campaign. It’s very visible. It’s day-to-day activities. It’s not a one-time event. It’s a month-long process, where everybody can tell what you’re an advocate for.”

That, he said, is the power of Movember.

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Shoebox Packing Elves Grade 7 students at Sacred Heart/SacrĂŠ Coeur School in Estevan were busy packing up shoeboxes tight with school supplies and other trinkets to be shipped across the world, and South America in particular, this week to children in less affluent countries. Students in all grades participated by donating goods to fill the boxes, and the school filled about 200 boxes this year as part of Operation Christmas Child.

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“It’s something that’s going to make our team significantly better in the long run, otherwise we would not have been willing to sacrifice Darcy.”

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— Bruins general manager Chris Lewgood on trading Darcy DeRoose to the Kindersley Klippers.

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DeRoose traded to Kindersley The Estevan Bruins have traded their leading scorer in a deal completed late Monday night.

The club has sent 19-year-old left winger Darcy DeRoose to the Kindersley Klippers for future considerations.

DeRoose, a Ceylon native, is the team’s top scorer with nine goals and 17 points in 22 games.

“It’s something that’s going to make our team significantly better in the long run, otherwise we would not have been willing to sacrifice Darcy,” said Bruins general manager Chris Lewgood.

Lewgood said there

Darcy DeRoose will be a “significant return” next season.

DeRoose was in his third season with the Bruins. He scored 25 points in 46 games as a rookie in 2012-13. Last year, he had 12 points in 14 games before leaving to join the Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League.

Bruins left winger Wyatt Garagan carries the puck into the offensive zone during a recent game. (File photo)

Bruins give up too many chances Junior and senior competitors took to the floor for sparring matches during the Taekwon-do tournament afternoon schedule on Saturday at ECS

Taekwon-do club hosts annual tournament Martial artists from across Saskatchewan were showing off their skills on Saturday, as the Estevan Taekwon-do Club hosted their annual open invitational tournament.

The event saw 134 competitors from 10 clubs throughout the province take part.

Other participating clubs included the Bordertown Karate Club (Estevan), Vilcu Karate Klub (Weyburn/Estevan), Lampman Taekwon-do Club, We y b u r n M M A C l u b , Diekema Taekwon-do Club (Saskatoon), Hanulson Taekwon-do Club (Saskatoon), Biggar Taekwon-do

Club, Jook-Am Taekwondo Club (Saskatoon) and Jishin Martial Arts (Regina).

The tournament was a major success for the local club, as it boasted the largest number of competitors to date.

The Estevan Taekwondo Club won a total of 55 medals, including 21 gold.

In the patterns competition, their members won seven gold, eight silver and 11 bronze.

In sparring, they captured 13 gold, 11 silver and three bronze.

The club also won a gold in the board breaking competition.

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Two season-long struggles reared their head again for the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins, as their lack of finish and shutdown play in their own end were major factors in a pair of weekend road losses.

On Friday, the Bruins lost 4-3 to the Nipawin Hawks after a comeback bid fell short. The next day, they went down to defeat 5-1 at the hands of the Melfort Mustangs.

The Bruins (6-13-0-3) are tied for last place in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League with the La Ronge Ice Wolves.

“The effort was really good. I think the guys worked hard,” Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood said of the weekend games.

Lewgood said the level of play in Saturday’s loss was closer than the score would indicate.

“It was like this. I was watching football on Sunday and I watched teams drive down to the red zone, nearly 100 yards, and then throw an interception.

That’s what the game felt like to me. We’d be generating opportunities and playing well, and then have an

unforced error and they’d come down and score. They pounced on every opportunity,” he said.

The Bruins struck first blood, with Kurt Sonne lighting the lamp 11 minutes into the game to give the Bruins a one-goal lead after 20 minutes.

It took the Mustangs only 29 seconds to level it up in the second period, with the goal coming from recent trade acquisition Landon Robin.

Luc Lemire pulled the hosts ahead by a goal with 50 seconds left in the frame.

Mustangs star Travis Mayan broke the game open in the third, scoring twice in the first half of the period to make it 4-1.

Justin Boyer added another insurance marker on the power play with less than five minutes to play.

Melfort outshot Estevan 36-25. Bruins starter Brett Lewchuk made 31 saves, while Mustangs goalie Richard Palmer stopped 24.

Friday’s game was much closer, although that was after two unanswered goals by the Bruins.

“On Friday, we were able to capitalize on some

opportunities, but unfortunately, we gave them too many. That was kind of the problem again Saturday.

With a team like Melfort, you just can’t afford to give them too many opportunities,” said Lewgood.

Nipawin’s Reece Forman and Estevan’s Lynnden Pastachak traded goals less than two minutes apart in the first period, with Pastachak’s coming on a power play.

Former Bruins prospect Garret Lockeridge gave the hosts the lead less than two minutes into the second with a man advantage.

Later in the period, Carter Danczak put the Hawks ahead 3-1.

Carter Coben appeared to put the game out of reach 91 seconds into the third on a power play, but the Bruins battled back with two power play goals of their own.

Darcy DeRoose, who would be traded three days later, netted the team’s second goal at the 7:27 mark, and Keegan Allison made it 4-3 with 48 seconds left in regulation.

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goalie Tyler Gutenberg stopped 35 shots, while Nipawin netminder Joe O’Brien turned away 27.

The one bright spot in the game for Estevan was that they went 3-for-8 on the power play, an area where the team has generally controlled the play and created scoring chances without a lot of finish.

“That was good. They deserved it, and I think it’s indicative of our play a lot of nights, where we do a lot of good things but just can’t finish. It was a chance for them to see what they’re capable of,” said Lewgood.

The Hawks and Mustangs have had the Bruins’ number in recent years, and Lewgood said they aren’t easy clubs to play against.

“I thought we played some pretty good hockey against both teams last year.

I just think they’re good hockey teams and it makes for some tough games.”

The Bruins were slated to host the Yorkton Terriers last night for their first meeting of the season. They will face the Battlefords North Stars on Friday (7:30 p.m., Affinity Place) before visiting the Notre Dame Hounds on Saturday.

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Panthers win two of three games It was a weekend of mixed results for the Estevan PowerTech Panthers, as they won two games and lost one.

The female midget AA team lost 5-3 to the Regina Capitals at Affinity Place on Friday. The next day, they exploded for a 9-4 win over the Moose Jaw Mavericks in Moose Jaw. On Sunday, they edged the Weyburn Drillers 3-2 in Weyburn.

The Panthers (5-2-1) are now tied with the Capitals for second place in the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League, with several games in hand on the Capitals and first place Prairie Storm.

On Sunday, Kailey McLellan scored twice in the first period to give the Panthers an early lead.

The Drillers, however, struck back with two in the second, courtesy of Raelyn Weisgerber and Zoe Douglas.

Haley Ronyk scored

Panthers Megan LeBlanc deposits the puck behind Regina Capitals goaltender Brooklyn Elek. the winner for the Panthers three minutes into the third period.

On Saturday, Ronyk was the star with five goals and two assists.

The Panthers took a 4-1 lead after the first period, thanks in large part to a stretch of three goals in a span of 72 seconds.

The Mavericks scored

first on a goal by Michaela Sykora eight minutes in.

At the 11:14 mark, Brooklyn Dukart got the Panthers on the board with a power play goal.

Taylor Colbow gave her club the lead 47 seconds later, and Ronyk made it 3-1 just 25 seconds after that.

Dukart got her second of the game with 2:41 left

in the period.

Ronyk’s second came at the 6:35 mark of the second period, giving Estevan a 5-1 lead.

Moose Jaw’s Rebecca Bookout scored her first of two goals halfway through the period.

Ronyk then potted two more goals, with Bookout adding her second on a

power play with 90 seconds left in the period.

Shakara Chutskoff got the Mavericks to within three goals at the five-minute mark of the third. The score remained 7-4 until late in the period, when Ronyk and Megan LeBlanc scored in the final four minutes of the game.

On Friday, the Capitals

scored twice in the first period to take the early edge, getting goals from Reed Boychuk and Peyton Mallory.

The Panthers struck back with three goals of their own in the second period, beginning with Dukart’s power play goal 12 minutes in. LeBlanc tied the game less than a minute later.

The Capitals pulled ahead again late in the period on a goal by Cassandra Jasper, but the Panthers responded quickly, as Colbow scored with 51 seconds left.

The game remained tied until late in the third.

Kacey Hall broke the draw with just under five minutes to play, and Jasper added some insurance with a power play marker with 73 seconds left.

The Panthers have two road games this week. They visit the Regina Ravens on Thursday and the Drillers on Sunday.

Apex Bruins struggle to score goals Scoring has been an issue at times for the Estevan Apex Bruins this season, and it was again last week in a pair of losses.

The midget AA team fell 3-1 on Thursday against the Notre Dame Argos, then lost 1-0 to the Prairie Storm on Sunday.

The Bruins (5-6-1) are now in ninth place in the South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League, out of 14 teams.

On Sunday at Affinity Place, the game remained scoreless through 40 minutes. The Storm finally broke the deadlock seven minutes into the third period on a power play goal by Connor Nagel.

The Storm outshot the Bruins 35-22. Bruins goalie Landon Audet made 34 saves.

On Thursday in Wilcox, the Bruins broke the ice early in the first period but couldn’t find the back of the net again after that.

Peyton Stevenson scored an unassisted marker at the 2:31 mark to put Estevan on top.

Later in the period, Notre Dame’s Darian Gamble scored to tie the game.

Gamble’s second of the night came 40 seconds into the second period, giving the Argos a 2-1 lead through 40 minutes.

Jared Power added an insurance marker with six minutes left in regulation.

The Bruins outshot the Argos 28-22, with Cam Lavoie making 19 stops.

Estevan has a busy schedule this weekend, with three games. They will visit the Regina Capitals on Friday and the Lumsden/Bethune Lions on Saturday. On Sunday, they return to Affinity Place to face the Notre Dame Hounds.

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World Curling Tour back in Estevan It’s not quite the Brier or the Scotties, but the Wo r l d C u r l i n g To u r ’s Weatherford Curling Classic is set to return after 2013’s inaugural event.

The tournament running from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 gives Estevan’s Power Dodge Curling Centre the opportunity to host a premier curling event with world tour points and a $32,000 purse up for grabs.

This year ’s classic will showcase the same leagues as the 2013 tournament Pauline Ziehl-Grimsrud, manager at the curling centre, said she is excited the tournament is taking

off following last year’s success.

“It was a huge step for us to take on this event.

Brent Gedak (helped spearhead) this event. We’re excited this year,” said Ziehl-Grimsrud. “I think we have a very good lineup of curlers coming in.

Sometimes in rural Saskatchewan, we don’t think about curling till Christmas or after Christmas, but it’s not the reality for competitive curlers. A lot of them have been on the ice since September. For us to have an event before Christmas is important.”

Last year ’s tournament saw a team from C h i n a , Te a m C h i n a ’s

Olympic team in fact, skipped by Rui Liu, compete and capture the title.

The skip and his team were using the competition as one of their preparations leading up to the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. He won a 5-2 match against Bruce Korte’s team in the final.

“We’re pretty happy with the fact we can host this event. It’s financially very important. There are only four WCT events in the province this year.

There are not a lot of opportunities for Saskatchewan teams to play in their home province and get World Curling Tour points,” added Ziehl-

Grimsrud.

The tournament will have 16 teams. She noted there are a number of teams that haven’t committed yet, but added they aren’t “in the business of turning teams away.”

E s t e v a n ’s G e d a k will again be competing alongside defending Saskatchewan champ Steve Laycock. Gedak’s squad recently won the Moose Jaw cash bonspiel.

Other competitors will include Brent Pierce (past provincial champ from B.C.), Randy Bryden, Scott Bitz, Jamie Schneider, Josh Heidt, Drew Heidt and Jeff Hartung.

Sunday timbit pro-

gram is full again. The curling club’s new icemaker, Owen Hayward, from B.C. will be the instructor for it.

Hayward is excited to be a part of the hosting rink, and is a former competitive curler in his native province.

“I’ve rounded up a competitive team to take on the pros and give them a run for their money, having knocked heads with former Brier participants Jay Peachey, Brian Miki and Andrew Bilesky over the years.”

Bilesky was the B.C. champion in 2013.

“Bring your kids and cheer on your locals,”

Hayward said, encouraging Energy City curling fans and other sport lovers to take in the pro event.

Upcoming events at the Power Dodge Curling Centre: Curl Sask. Curling Camp for Youth – Nov. 21-22 KUDU Youth spiel – Jan. 16-17 M e n ’s a n d L a d i e s Bonspiel – Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 Traveller’s Regionals (formerly the Dominion) – March 6-8.

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Sharks go undefeated at Regina tournament The Estevan Sharks sent their bantam players to Regina for a tournament on the weekend.

In their second tournament of the year, the Sharks’ under-14 girls water polo team once again took the top spot, going undefeated in four games.

The provincial bantam tournament took place on Sunday in Regina.

In the opener, the Sharks defeated a WeyburnSaskatoon squad 4-0. The

goals were spread out, as Teaghen Hack, Mikayla Hack, Emily Marshall and Charlotte Andrist all scored.

In the second game against a strong Regina Armada club, the Sharks surged at the end to win 103, with five goals coming from Teaghen Hack. Josie Andrist added her goal in the final second.

The Sharks continued their win streak, dropping the Regina Armada II team 6-2. Emily Marshall found

the net three times in that match.

In the tournament final, the Sharks faced WeyburnSaskatoon again, winning 6-2. Marshall again dominated, tossing in four goals.

With the services of Julia Cedak from Edmonton in goal, the Sharks allowed only seven goals in the tournament.

Sharks players Logan Marshall and Matthew Getschel were also in Regina for tournament play.

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The Chinese team skipped by Liu Rui, which later went on to compete in the Sochi Olympics, won last year’s World Curling Tour event in Estevan. (File photo)

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Skaters compete at sectionals Large group of Local skaters participate at Skate Canada event

Members of the Estevan Skating Club competed at sectionals in Melville on the weekend, as the club sent its largest contingent to that level in 10 years. (Submitted photo)

Seven members of the Estevan Skating Club represented the city at the Skate Canada sectional competition in Melville last week.

I t w a s t h e l a rg e s t contingent of skaters the club has sent in the last 10 years to compete at such a high level. The event ran from Thursday through Sunday.

Skaters in the prenovice levels and higher advance from the sectionals to the Western Challenge competition, and from there to na tionals.

For some of Estevan’s skaters, this was a new level of competition, giving them valu-

able experience.

Emily Hanson was the club’s top performer at the event, bringing back a bronze medal in t h e j u v e n i l e u n d e r- 1 4 ladies division. She also achieved a personal best score.

In the same division, Nicole Kistanov finished in fifth place.

In the pre-juvenile ladies under-14 division, Madison Folkerts led the way with a sixth place finish. Avery McNabb finished 18th and Jaycee Young was 21st.

In the under-11 prejuvenile ladies division, Carly Paton was 16th and Isabel Marcotte finished 38th.

Bruins lose nail biter to Outlaws In a tight contest where the TS&M bantam AA Bruins traded goals with their opponent for much of the evening, a late score in the final minute of the third period wasn’t enough to propel the Bruins to victory.

Hosting the Saskatoon Outlaws at Affinity Place on Saturday evening, the Bruins were unable to close the deficit and finished the game on the losing end of the 5-4 score. The Bruins are now .500 through 12 games and sit in fifth place in the South Division of the Saskatchewan Bantam AA

Hockey League.

The Bruins got behind early in the game when the Outlaws’ Brodie Girod got the road team up less than three minutes into the opening frame. Jagger Prosofsky stretched that lead to two goals with a power play tally near the end of the first.

In the second period, the Bruins didn’t waste time turning their fortunes around when just 24 seconds in, Colton Schell cut the lead in half with a goal assisted by Mason Strutt.

Dawson Schaff then tied the game at two with an

unassisted marker near the midway point of the game.

Before the period ended, the Bruins fell back into a deficit when Tristan Shewchuk got the lead back for Saskatoon before heading into the third period up a goal.

Early in the final period the Bruins’ Cole Fonstad went off for a highsticking penalty, and on the ensuing power play the Outlaws got their two-goal lead back. Layne Schroeder potted the power play marker less than three minutes into the period.

Fonstad had a mo-

ment of redemption just four minutes later when he brought the Bruins back to within one. Assists went to Ryder Pierson and Daymon Wanner.

Again the Outlaws recorded an insurance marker, when a goal by Christian Albertson gave

them a two-goal cushion with less than seven minutes to play.

Battling back in the dying seconds, Hayden Cutler scored a goal assisted by Fonstad and Pierson, but with the remaining 53 seconds on the clock the black and gold were unable

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Final shots were 31-17 favouring the Bruins, and Callum Spearing was in goal for the loss.

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Strippers play in Lethbridge tournament The two Estevan Strippers hockey teams traveled to Lethbridge earlier this month to play in the 39th annual Lethbridge Oldtimers Hockey Association tournament, with mixed results.

The 50-plus team lost all three of their games, although they were in all games early.

In their first game against the Carstairs Model As, the Strippers took a 2-0 lead after the first period on goals by Terry Rohatyn and Darcy Rohatyn. Carstairs scored three unanswered second period goals to take a 3-2 lead and continued to score in the third to win 7-3.

Craig Sluser scored the third Stripper goal.

Their second game was against the Calgary Brew Kings. Again, the Strippers scored the first goal by Terry Rohatyn, only to have Calgary tie it up by the end of the period. Calgary scored five second period goals to a lone Stripper goal by Jim Larter to take a 6-2 lead. The third period was scoreless.

Estevan’s third game was an 8-5 loss to the Leth-

bridge 79ers. The first period ended 1-1, with the Stripper goal scored by Keith Hamilton. Each team scored three second period goals to end the period in a 4-4 tie. Kirk Haines, Neil Unger and Darcy Rohatyn scored for the Strippers. Hamilton scored his second goal early in the third to give the Strippers the lead, but the 79ers scored four unanswered goals for the victory.

The results were much better for the 35-plus team, as they won the top division with a 5-2 victory over the Lethbridge Bonecrushers, who they had tied earlier in the round-robin. Lethbridge took a 1-0 lead early in the first, but Darryl Fox tied it up before the end of the period. Lethbridge took the lead again in the second with a power play goal before Parnell Pidhorny tied it up again. Karry Biette then took over, scoring two goals, with a single added by Keith Cassidy for the victory.

Jody Waloshin had a strong game in net.

In their first round-robin game, the Strippers took an early 2-0 lead over the Lethbridge Hoop-A-Ways

Archery club scores Here are the scores from the Estevan Archery Club’s Junior Olympic Program last week: Nov. 10 Name Distance Score Jace Carlisle 15m 157 Jaelyn Carlisle 15m 114 Kaylee Carlson 15m 212 Hunter Chipley 18m 224 Davis Dietze 18m 155 Drew Dowhanuik 15m 219 Kylan Fichter 15m 171 Nolan Graham 18m 271 Michael Holleley 15m 168 Cameron Janssen15m 101 Kyle Johnson 18m 232 Kailey Kowalchuk10m 186 Braiden Longney 18m 219 Dakan Mack 18m 243 Logan Marshall 10m 122 Chase McNabb 18m 195 Jaslyn McNabb 15m 121 Nathan Mus 15m 149 Braden Piper 18m 131 Mason Piper 18m 167 Cyrus Rooks 18m 195 MacKenzie Skuce18m 178 Layton Stropko 18m 256 Mikayla Young 15m 209 Score 207 210 148 154 203

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Nov. 14 Name Distance Kristen Carlson 15m Donovan Dyer 10m Ryder Dyer 10m Rex Eagles 10m Ty Eagles 15m Zoe Eagles 8m Jesse Gibson 10m Brayden Hall 18m Colton Hall 8m Cassidy Klatt 15m Caylee Klatt 8m Cheyanne Klatt 10m Shelby Piper 10m Sierra Piper 10m Damian Rohatyn 15m Ethan Rohatyn 10m Kade Skuce 10m Kaitlyn Skuce 8m Keely Skuce 8m Logan Skuce 15m Spencer Skuce 8m

Score 166 89 50 125 129 157 92 194 151 29 31 120 77 62 111 79 22 70 40 193 49

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The Pleasantdale Bulldogs Grade 7 and 8 boys volleyball team won the rookie AAA boys district championship in Redvers on Thursday, defeating St. Mary’s in the championship final 15-25, 25-19, 15-4. (Submitted photo)

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with first period goals by Steve Godfrey and Biette.

They extended their lead to 4-1 after the second period on another Godfrey goal and one by Sean Garagan. Lethbridge took over in the third with three straight goals to tie the game 4-4.

The second game was against Lethbridge Mikado Electric, who Estevan defeated 6-3. Troy Moroz led the scoring with two goals, with singles from Biette, Godfrey, Cassidy and Tim Bangsund.

The third game was against the Bonecrushers and the Strippers needed at least a tie to make the playoff round. The Bonecrushers led 1-0 after the first period and 3-1 after two, with Biette scoring the lone Stripper goal. The Strippers fell behind 4-1 early in the third before responding with three goals and the necessary tie to make the final. The third period goals were scored by Biette, Cassidy and Moroz.

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Kinette Craft/Trade Show keeps getting bigger Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

It was bigger and busier than last year, and it could be an even bigger event next season.

The 31st annual Kinette Club Craft/Trade Show attracted 49 vendors who set up 51 exhibit booths in the WylieMitchell Air Cadet Hall on Nov. 15. That meant that between exhibitors and potential customers, the hall was brimming with activity throughout the day.

The Kinettes, who took over the management and co-ordination of the event from the Estevan Quota Club seven years ago, want to expand the offerings next November, if they can procure some exhibit space in the neighbouring Estevan Exhibition Hall.

“We had a waiting list of five vendors who couldn’t get in this year,” said Melanie Tribiger, a Kinette who organized this year’s event.

Because the show now caters not only to crafters, but also home-based businesses, there is an increased interest from potential participants, she said.

“In the past, when it was mandated as a craft show only, we had to be careful as to how many and what home-based businesses we could allow, keeping the balance in favour of the crafters,” Tribiger said. But

with the wider mandate, there is also additional interest in the event that raises funds that are redirected right back into the community.

Tribiger said she felt that if the committee went looking for additional vendors next season, the Kinettes could nearly fill both venues. There is no shortage of Kinettes and friends of Kinettes volunteers.

“There was a very good variety this year,” she said, referring to the vendors’ offerings.

This year’s show attracted 825 paid admissions, which was 125 more people than last year, which is also a promising sign, she said.

Tribiger, who has led the organizational charge for the past five years, said the club now has a pretty solid template from which to work, so expansion plans could be handled quite effortlessly, if they can get the additional room.

Concession services were provided by the Wylie-Mitchell Air Cadets and their parent committee, which also helped boost their fundraising efforts.

A new wrinkle to this year’s event, and something that will continue right through the Christmas season, is the Kinettes’ “Every kid deserves pajamas” project.

“We’re trying to get 300 pairs of pajamas.

That’s our target. PJs for

The Shady Ladies, Melinda Wilson and Gwen Taylor, were displaying their colourful light shade productions for the third consecutive year at the Kinette Club Craft/Trade Show on Nov. 15. kids between the ages of three months and 12 years were being accepted near the entrance this year.

“New PJs are what we need, that can be put in the traditional food and Christmas hampers that go out every year,” said Tribiger.

“This isn’t a fundraising project, although if a person doesn’t want to buy the PJs, they can donate the cost of a pair to us and we’ll buy them,” she said.

“We’ll collect them at Sun Country Hearing Ltd. on Kensington Avenue or they can be handed over to any Kinette Club member. It’s a new effort. I hope we can do it,” she said.

Olivia Semenuik enjoyed her sugar cookie at the Kinette Club Craft/Trade Show on Nov. 15.

Bidding Farewell

Estevan’s music teachers bid farewell to one of their own on Sunday afternoon at the Canada Music Week combined music festival in Trinity Lutheran Church. From the left: Larysa Arkhypova, Margaret Duncan, Kirsten McKenzie and Anita Kuntz were saying goodbye to Jane Heska (right). Many of the students performing were from Heska’s studio and they will continue instruction with Arkhypova.

Justin Hertes provided some expert musical renderings at the keyboard during the Canada Music Week recital that featured students of Jane Heska, who is leaving the Energy City. Heska told the assembled audience it was a farewell, but she trusted it would not be a forever goodbye and that she would be able to keep in contact with her many students and music community friends.

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Don Holinaty 1948 - 2014 Donald Lee Holinaty passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at the age of 66 years.

Don leaves to mourn his loving wife Bev; sister Diane (Lloyd) Thornitt of B.C.; brother Doug Holinaty of B.C.; son Max (Renate) Terbeest Holinaty and granddaughters, Dominique and Lois of Holland. He is also survived by his children, Donald (Vicki) Holinaty and family of Estevan, Diana (Daryl) Floen and family of Calgary, AB and Mike (Diane) Terbeest and granddaughters, Melissa and Dayenne as well as two great grandsons, of Holland; motherin-law Jean Wilson; sisters-in-law June (Richard) Gervais and Beth (Ronnie) Gervais and brother-in-law Alan (Karen) Moroz, all of Estevan, as well as several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents, Mike and Ruth Holinaty and brother Michael Wayne, Souris, MB. A Memorial Service was held on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Church, Estevan, with Rev. Brenna Nickel officiating. Interment will take place at a later date.

Those wishing to make donations in Don’s memory may do so directly to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation (Palliative Care), Box 5000-203, 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 2V6.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

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Kenny Frank Cugnet Kenney Frank Cugnet passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, October 30 2014, at the age of 68 years.

Kenney was born November 9, 1945, 8 minutes after his twin brother, Dick at St. Mary’s Hospital on Signal Hill. He was welcomed into this world by loving parents George and Irene Cugnet, and older siblings, Bev and Bobo. Upon discharge the twins settled into life on the range at the NE-18-713 W2. Over the years the family continued to grow with the addition of Doug and Janie. “Standing with the total thrust of the prairie sun on my vulnerable head, I guess I learned at a very young age, that I was mortal.”

(WO Mitchell) Ken spoke fondly of his childhood, one filled with love and satisfaction, in spite of the difficult circumstances farm living presented. The family originally occupied a two room tarpaper shack, eventually replaced by an Eaton’s catalogue house that had been abandoned during the great depression. Dad recalled waking up and seeing frost on his siblings’ faces one brutally cold night. In hindsight Ken realized how impoverished his upbringing was, although he recalled wanting nothing as a child, his father George often said that “being poor wasn’t bad, just hellish unhandy.” Dad admired his parents for providing for so much family, with such limited means.

Many times George and Irene helped a neighbor or family member in need, and their generosity of time, advice, and money, all in short supply, helped foster Kenney’s lifelong commitment to charity.

Ken attended Ralph school, and was proud to say that “he walked to school uphill.... both ways” a function of the single room-school being on the other side of the valley. In school Kenney found a bigger audience to jest and get reactions from. He has remained good-humored and entertaining right to the very end. In 1957 Ralph School was shut down and Kenney began attending grade 7 at Queen Elizabeth in Weyburn, followed by the Weyburn Collegiate. One of Ken’s fondest memories of Ralph School was learning the mantra “A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits”. He relied on it for motivation at many difficult times throughout his life. Confronted with a new environment and teachers, Kenney and Dick both struggled to adapt. After entering grade 10, Kenney decided his future lay outside of school and withdrew midterm. Throughout his school career Ken struggled with undiagnosed learning disabilities which ultimately led to a proud involvement with the Saskatchewan Learning Disabilites Council. In spite of this, all who met Ken marveled at his remarkable intellect and love of knowledge. A proud moment for Ken was his former principal stating that “I should have quit school when you did, look at what you’ve accomplished.”

Ken was born of the last generation of pioneers and homesteaders. The neighbors and family of his childhood represented many different nationalities and perspectives. The adjoining quarter section was home to “Skinny Parsons” of “Who has Seen the Wind (WO Mitchell)” fame. In the absence of TV or I pads his thirst for knowledge was quenched by learning the background stories and motivations of the many women and men who called the Ralph area home. An appreciation for a good story, a shared laugh, and a genuine interest in people would become hallmarks of any visit with Kenney. Amidst this idyllic upbringing on an isolated homestead southeast of Weyburn, a man appeared with a backpack in 1952. He was a geologist named Neil Mcqueen, and he had hiked from an existing oilwell in North Dakota, following surface indications along the Souris River to its headwaters just south of the family farm. In later years Ken recalled that his future calling had arrived on sore feet and full of ticks. In 1954 Central Del Rio spud a wildcat test on neighbors land in view of the farm. The men they needed to work the rig came from faraway places, dragging their families with them. George recognized the opportunity and began renting yard space for family trailers. To Kenney these men represented a new frontier, one that could provide opportunity and adventure. The success of that wildcat and proliferation of wealth to such an impoverished area was a miracle to the young boy who had so little. As Ken closed the door on formal schooling, God opened a window into the workplace. Ken’s first oilfield job was working for GP Drilling on Garvey Petroleum’s 4-24-7-14 W2 across the valley from the farm in 1962. In those days of large families and high unemployment, there were so very few jobs available, so he worked for free to get the experience to ensure a paid job on the next well. From the first well within sight of the farm to faraway Northern Alberta, Kenney worked rigs each winter sending money home to his family to help pay farming expenses in summer. He was proud of this work experience, drilling some of the very first wildcat wells in Northern Alberta, turning isolated Hudson Bay trapping posts into larger communities today: Rainbow Lake, Bichteau Lake, Helmut. Throughout it all, he longed to be farming in Ralph, recalling a particularly lonely hitch in Valleyview, Alberta as providing clarity for later life.

He recalled having a significant amount of money saved, but nothing to spend it on, and nobody to share it with.

As a result he came home to farm full time with his family, and to hopefully meet his equal one day.

In 1974 at the Soo Hotel in Weyburn he met Jo-Anne Bannatyne of Estevan. She was a public health nurse working out of Weyburn. She was being introduced to his cousin, but ended up seated beside Kenney, and thus began a forty year long conversation. From these auspicious beginnings a tremendous love blossomed. Jo-Anne had prior commitments to travel to South America, but after several weeks of separation Kenney phoned her in Paraguay, asked her to come home (his home) and marry him. Throughout many trials and tribulations, booms and busts, they shared a mutual respect and love for each other that transcended ordinary marriage. In his marriage to Jo-Anne, Ken gained a loving set of in-laws David and Babe Bannatyne. They shared their daughter’s love of Kenney and he felt much affection for them.

In 1977 Jo gave birth to Danny, followed by Craig in 1978, Timothy in 1982, and Matthew in 1985. With each child Jo-Anne and Ken’s love grew, for the new addition, as well as each other. Ken often felt like he received more than the normal allotment of luck, and four healthy, smart, strong boys only compounded the satisfaction he felt. The addition of three wonderful daughters-in-law, whom Kenney adored, furthered his sense of familial accomplishment. It has been said that Cugnets marry well, and Ken felt it to be particularly true. He found in JoAnne his intellectual equal, a loyal friend, business partner, and soul mate. They shared and enhanced each other’s lives by showcasing a different perspective to their partner’s upbringing. To the simple boy from Ralph, JoAnne shared her appreciation for the arts, travel, and philanthropy; to the uptown girl from Estevan, Ken taught land locations, farming and the oilpatch. For the 40 years of life they shared, they lived for each other, tirelessly supporting and “cheer-leading” their spouse. As children we knew mom and dad were an effective team, particularly when we needed a lecture! Together they created an environment of love and affection, amidst the many conflicts in scheduling.

Ken and Jo were present at every hockey game, music festival or community event. The families love and commitment sustained Kenney during difficult periods professionally and personally. Ken felt he lived a full life, and the only regret he ever voiced was not being able to watch the grandchildren he loved grow up. His brief battle with Cancer was an attempt to continue being there for the people he loved so much. Ken formed Valleyview Petroleums in 1978 with Jo-Anne as his partner, as well as the family farm in 1976, by purchasing his first quarter section of land from the Mackenzie family. Both entities were a tremendous source of pride for Kenney, particularly as the boys become involved and eventually took over operations. They will miss their father’s guidance and support, but he was tremendously proud of their accomplishments and growth to date. Throughout his life Kenney enjoyed the opportunity to work with many bright men and women whose friendship he cherished. His corporate involvement included board positions with Crescent Point Energy, Elkhorn Resources, Tappit Resources, Starpoint Resources, Mission Oil & Gas, Medora Resources, and numerous others. He was a chair of the Saskatchewan Surface Rights Board under both the NDP and PC party. Closer to home he served on the Nickle Lake Regional Park Board, Grace United Church Board, Queen Elizabeth School Board and the Weyburn Security Board. Through his many ventures Ken enjoyed a level of success that he could never imagine as a youth. Lying awake at night in a cold attic, he dreamed of having a semi-truck, some cows, maybe 40 barrels/day of production. His life’s accomplishments exceeded what he needed or dreamed, and he was so very grateful that God had blessed him so very much. It was his nature to try and give back to the people and community that he felt he was a part of. It brought Ken and Jo-Anne immense pleasure to make a difference, and he was so tremendously proud of his friends and business partners who felt the same way. The recent contributions to the Cugnet Center and Weyburn Hospital were the culmination of a life of giving back. Ken’s accomplishments, friendships, and legacy are larger than life, and too numerous for print. He will be dearly missed by all who met him, and he knew in his twilight that he would dearly miss those he never met. A love of farming the land, and raising cattle remained with Ken throughout his life. Even in his final days, a drive with Jo-Anne to inspect the cattle was one of his greatest pleasures.

In summation Kenney was a simple man, a product of the prairies, who accomplished extraordinary things. He had an admiration for all those who came before him and broke ground, as well as the next generation who would continue building, hoping, and dreaming. He loved anybody who tried. Ken believed in the “The Code of the West” A cowboy’s word is his sacred bond. Bargains sealed with a handshake are more binding than legal documents. Be loyal to the boss and the brand. Be thankful for your job. Lay down your life, if necessary, for the privilege of defending your outfit. Be proud of your occupation. Be cheerful. Grant quick assistance to friends and strangers in need. Endure hardships without complaining. Don’t make excuses.Try to be better than the other fella. Share anything you own with a fellow worker. Demand square dealings. Never tolerate cowards. Be generous with your life and money. Treat women like ladies. Stealing and rustling are evil wrong-doings. Do your best.

Never quit. If it’s not yours, don’t take it. If it’s not true, don’t say it. If it’s not right, don’t do it.

He will be dearly missed by his family/cheerleaders, although they are happy that God spared him the pain or distress of a protracted fight with cancer.

The family wishes to thank Dr. Stewart for faithfully helping Ken throughout his difficulties; Dr. Zarkovic of the Allan Blair Cancer center for her support and care of Ken; as well as Saskatchewan Health for offering the targeted therapy that gave us extra time with our beloved husband and father. Additionally, they would like to acknowledge Dr. P. Fong, Dr. Roy, Dr. Sperling and Dr. Garbe for giving dad a second chance in 1993.

Ken was predeceased by his parents, George Antoine and Irene Francis Cugnet and father-in-law, David Albert Bannatyne.

Ken will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 39 years, Jo-Anne Bannatyne-Cugnet; son, Daniel (Tana) and children, David and Isabelle; son, Craig; son, Tim (Leyna) and children, Kingston, Kensington and George; son, Matt (Jennifer) and daughter, Josephine all of Weyburn, SK; Twin brother, Dick (Pat) of Weyburn, SK and children, Andrea & Leah and families; sister, Beverly (Vic) Locken of Moose Jaw, SK and children, Lori, Wendy & Michael and families; brother, Bobo (Marilyn) of Weyburn, SK and children, Teresa, Wes and Dale and families; brother, Doug (Marga) of Weyburn, SK and children, Nicole, Aaron & Luke and families; sister, Janie (Paul) Samletski of Langley, BC and children, Kristie and Kenney and families; mother-in-law, Gertrude “Babe” Bannatyne of Weyburn, SK; brothers-in-law, David Bannatyne and Nairn (Donalda) Bannatyne and children, Nairn Jr. and Robbie and families as well as numerous cousins, relatives & families.

A Funeral Service was held on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 2:00 pm from St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church with Reverend M. Barnabas officiating. Interment took place at Hillcrest Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers are all of those men and women who were mentored by, worked alongside Ken or had the opportunity to share a laugh and a story.The family would like to honour Ken’s wishes and have donations made to Weyburn Hospital Foundation Building Fund. Box 1416 Weyburn, Saskatchewan S4H 3J9 Condolences may be made at:www.fletcherfuneralchapel.com Arrangements entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Chapel Weyburn, Saskatchewan 306-842-5432 HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU!

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Reboot of drainage rules moves to Phase 2 Further consultations will be held with stakeholders as Saskatchewan looks to update its decades-old regulations surrounding agricultural drainage.

The minister responsible for the Water Security Agency (WSA) Scott

Moe released the results of online consultations on agricultural drainage last week.

“This was the most comprehensive public consultation on drainage policy ever undertaken in Saskatchewan,” Moe said. “Our government

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appreciates the advice and information received during the online forum. This feedback will be critical to developing new regulations and policies on agricultural drainage.”

In 2012, the Water Security Agency released the province’s 25 Year Water Security Plan. A key component of the 25-year plan was a commitment to addressing the challenges posed by unauthorized agricultural drainage.

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rix Research of Saskatoon, the online forum was conducted between October 2013 and April 2014 and attracted nearly 500 participants who discussed various options for managing drainage.

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A telephone and online survey of stakeholders to measure support of various policy options; and In-person meetings between online community members and WSA representatives.

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are risk-based; those drainage activities of a larger scale, which pose a greater risk to land and property would require more stringent regulations. The full report can be viewed at www.wsask.ca/drainage “Developing new drainage regulations is a priority for our government,” Moe said. “We look forward to ongoing dialogue with our stakeholders as we move to update and improve drainage regulations that have been in place in Saskatchewan since the 1980s.”

The Government of Saskatchewan committed to carrying out further consultations with agricultural, environmental, and municipal stakeholders in last month’s Speech from the Throne. Those consultations will take place over the coming months.

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Saskatchewan celebrating multiculturalism The Government of Saskatchewan and the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan (MCoS) are once again partnering to celebrate Saskatchewan Multicultural Week from Nov. 15 to 23.

This year, in addition to annual events, there will be some special activities to note the 40th anniversary of The Saskatchewan Multicultural Act and recognize that Saskatchewan was the first province in Canada to enact legislation in support of cultural communities.

“As our province’s population and economy continue to grow, our increasing multiculturalism helps keep Saskatchewan strong,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister

Mark Docherty said. “Now, 40 years after creation of The Saskatchewan Multicultural Act, First Nations and Métis people and those from more than 200 countries call Saskatchewan home and the quality of life we’ve built together is the envy of many.”

“MCoS is proud to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Multiculturalism Act during this year’s Saskatchewan Multicultural Week,” MCoS Executive Director Rhonda Rosenberg said. “The Saskatchewan Multicultural Act promotes the value of cultural diversity to the province from the various First Nations cultures, to the Métis, to generations of settlers, to refugees and immigrants.

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Peoples Strength. As interest and investment in multiculturalism increases, we encourage everyone to participate in one or more of this week’s events as well as other activities throughout the year.”

The week kicked off on Nov. 15 with a free public forum on multiculturalism at First Nations University of Canada in Regina titled, Remember our Past, Envision Our Future. Anyone interested in sharing ideas on how to grow multiculturalism in Saskatchewan is encouraged to attend. More information on activities throughout the week is available at www.mcos.ca The week wraps up on Saturday November 22, at Government House in Re-

gina, where Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield will host the third annual MCoS Multicultural Honours: A Celebration in Honour of Multicultural Contributions.

The event will recognize community members who have worked to support multiculturalism.

Saskatchewan Multicultural Week is celebrated every year in November to recognize our growing diversity, encourage respect for the multicultural heritage in Saskatchewan and foster harmonious relations among people with unique cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Each year, MCoS distributes materials to Saskatchewan schools to help them participate.

Your Guide to Area Estevan Gospel Chapel

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church

“Equipping God’s people to think biblically, to live godly, and to serve effectively – influencing our world for Christ”

Isabelle & Souris Reverend Randy Kleemola Phone: 306-634-2024 email: st.peters@accesscomm.ca

1202 - 2nd Street Phone: 306-634-3761

Pastor: Josh Permann Sunday:Worship 11:00 a.m.

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St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church Corner 12th Avenue & 2nd Street

Phone: 306-634-2190

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Pastor: Father Brian Meredith MASSES: Saturday: 7:00 p.m.

Sunday: 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

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Anglican Church Parish of Estevan 317-12th Avenue

Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 10:00 am September - May Children’s Sunday School: 10:00 am The Rev. Mark Osborne ALL ARE WELCOME! Church Office: 306-634-4113 www.estevananglican.com

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Pastors: Danny Krauss & Joshua Lowe Phone: 306-634-3773 Cell: 306-471-8130

SUNDAY WORSHIP AND SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 a.m.

Coffee and fellowship after worship Pastor Stewart Miller

St. Joseph’s Prayer Centre Everyone welcome to join our daily prayers, inspirational Bible DVD viewings and lively discussions 2 - 4 pm Monday - Friday Series topics change monthly

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Funding to aid preventative measures Fresh funding is sweeping into the pork industry, and the Province of Saskatchewan hopes the funds will add security to the sector and improve the health of pigs.

On Tuesday, the federal and provincial governments announced $150,000 in funding for the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board (SaskPork) to deliver a new phase in the Saskatchewan Swine Biosecurity Program.

This phase aims to prevent the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) during transport of Saskatchewan hogs.

“Continued vigilance against PED is necessary to ensure any risk for the sector is diminished,” said Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “This next phase of programming will help the Saskatchewan pork industry

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“We have been working with industry groups and producers to prevent the spread of PED in Saskatchewan,” Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said. “It is critical that this work continues. This funding will help to prevent PED from affecting our province’s swine herd.”

This investment provides funding for truck wash and transport audits performed by certified veterinarians, and provides education on transport biosecurity. As well, producers can access funding for follow-up veterinary visits to assess biosecurity protocols that were implemented during previous phases of the program. Eligible producers will receive up to $700 for truck wash and transport

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audits, and up to $300 for a follow-up veterinarian visit.

More than $1 million has been committed for PED prevention, surveillance and response through the swine biosecurity programs introduced under Growing Forward 1 in 2012 and under Growing Forward 2 in early 2014.

To date, there have been no confirmed cases of PED in Saskatchewan.

The Saskatchewan Swine Biosecurity Program is funded in part through Growing Forward 2, a costshared partnership between federal, provincial and territorial governments designed to support an innovative, competitive and profitable Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.

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“Our customers need us, and we need YOU” Millennium is a new and progressive fracturing company with operations out of Estevan Saskatchewan, and Medicine Hat, Alberta. We’re looking for dynamic employees who are interested in our reputable oilfield services company!

Games Manager Temporary Full Time Position Application Deadline: November 28, 2014 The Games Manager will report to and receive direction from the Games Executive Committee in performing managerial duties for the Estevan 2016 Summer Games Inc. The Games Manager will be responsible for the organization, co-ordination and planning of a highly successful Saskatchewan Summer Games, including the management of the games office. By managing a diverse group of volunteers and employees the successful candidate must be able to accomplish tasks, plan effectively, and work within the timelines set out by the Host Corporation. The Games Manager will be required to have a valid drivers license and access to a dependable vehicle on a regular basis.

3 Locations Salary: To be negotiated based on the qualifications of the successful applicant.

Knowledge Requirements: Principles of business management, practices, and theories Principles of marketing Physical education programs - Sports, Recreation & Cultural programs Community activities & Major Events Hospitality services Experience Requirements: Planning, coordinating, and managing multi-business operations Financial administration Managing budgets Managing personnel and volunteers Applying policies, procedures, and regulations Computer software & programs Position to commence on or about January 5, 2015. Term length up to 21 months.

We are currently hiring for ALL positions! Apply NOW!

All applicants must have a clean driving record. Please E-mail resume to HR@millenstim.ca Visit us at: www.millenstim.ca for more details Only successful candidates will be contacted.

Estevan, SK (306) 636-1514 Medicine Hat, AB (403) 526-7887 Calgary, AB (403) 234-8144

Sun Country Health Region (SCHR) is located in southeast Saskatchewan where more than 2,400 employees deliver a breadth of health services to a population of 56,529 people. SCHR operates 28 facilities, 38 public health programs and has a budget of over $141 million.

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Please submit all applications to: Estevan 2016 Summer Games Inc. 1134 3rd Street • Estevan SK. S4A 0R7 Email: brian.smith@sasktel.net

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1 full-time permanent, Weyburn, SK 1 casual, Weyburn, SK 1 part-time permanent, Estevan, SK 1 casual, Estevan, SK

DOWN HOLE TOOL MECHANIC ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN

Working from our Motor Repair Facility in Estevan, SK; the ideal candidate will be responsible for the assembly and repair of down hole tools such as Mud Motors, HMJ drilling Jars, Shock Tools.

REQUIREMENTS: • • • • •

Display a strong work ethic and be mechanically inclined.

Be reliable and accountable for producing quality products in a shop environment.

Maintain safe work practices and follow policies and procedures.

Experience operating forklifts, overhead cranes and precision instruments are preferred.

Ability to work in a safety sensitive environment – Be able to safely lift and carry 50 lbs.

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Display a strong work ethic and be mechanically inclined.

Be reliable and accountable Maintain safe work practices and follow policies and procedures.

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– Drug & Alcohol Testing – Will train the right candidate

Cathedral is pleased to offer competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package (immediate enrollment), retirement & savings plan and excellent opportunities to grow and develop your career.

Please visit our website at www.CathedralEnergyServices.com and apply in person @ HWY #39 West Malmgren Dr. Or Fax 306 634 6641

1 casual, Weyburn, SK 1 casual, Estevan, SK

Apply in confidence to: Sun Country Health Region Web: www.suncountry.sk.ca Email: jobs@schr.sk.ca Phone: (306)842-8728 We wish to thank all applicants, however, only those individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

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Salary Range: $19.84 – 21.23/hour Qualifications: Business certificate, Intermediate computer skills, Intermediate keyboarding skills, Analytical skills, Interpersonal, Organizational and Communication skills.

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The Sun Country Health Region offers excellent benefits, and compensation commensurate with qualifications and experience.

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FULL-TIME Permanent Position Weyburn, SK. The Sun Country Health Region requires a Disability Management Coordinator. This position reports to the Regional Director of Employee Health and Support Services. The Disability Management Coordinator is responsible for: • Developing and supporting standards, programs and training for post-injury management within the Regional Health Authority.

• Providing direct support to managers with return to work cases.

• Acting as the employer’s liaison between managers, employees, health professionals, unions, and income replacement providers with regard to joint processes, problem solving, and statistics compilation.

• Developing and supporting lost time statistic claims.

To qualify, applicants must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities: • Minimum of 2-year diploma in a health-related program.

• An interest in employee relations and workplace injury prevention and intervention with a minimum of 2 years of related experience.

• Knowledge of income replacement plans (WCB, SAHO Disability, Sick Leave, SGI).

• Working knowledge of applicable legislation (OH&S, WCB, Labour Standards, Human Rights).

• Knowledge of the health care system including working in unionized environments.

• Self-starter with proven organizational, communication, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.

• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications.

• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently while working with others including other clinicians, unions and physicians.

• Drivers license and must be willing to travel.

The Sun Country Health Region offers excellent benefits, and compensation commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please submit resume directly to: Sun Country Health Region Human Resources Email: jobs@schr.sk.ca

We wish to thank all applicants, however, only those individuals selected for interviews will be contacted. The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal record check.

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Bringing flooded forage acres back into production

By Charlotte Ward, PAg, Regional Forage Specialist, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture The last number of years has not been kind to perennial forage stands throughout many areas of the province. Excess moisture has resulted in water sitting in forage stands for prolonged periods of time and we have seen a significant amount of forage acres lost. Livestock and forage producers are now faced with the question: What do I do with these acres to bring them back into production?

This does not have an easy answer and there are a number of factors that need to be considered before a decision is made. These include: 1) What is the size of the area affected? Is the area one large area or is it spread out in a series of potholes (0.25 to 1 acre) throughout the forage stand?

2) Is the area currently being used for hay or for pasture? Do you have the option of keeping livestock off the area as the forage re-establishes?

3) What forage species were present in the stand before the flooding?

4) Do you anticipate flooding again?

5) What type of soils are you dealing with? Is it good quality soil or is it subject to other factors such as salinity or crusting?

When a large area is affected, it is often much easier to deal with than a number of smaller areas that are spread out. On large acreages, this can be addressed by killing the existing vegetation and trying to establish species that are more adapted to the current conditions. If the area has dried considerably and you are able to get in

with equipment, tillage or chemical control are both good options. If the area is still wet, it may be beneficial to wait until conditions are desirable for preparing a good seed bed and getting a good establishment. Late fall plantings are often the best time to establish forages in saline or wet soils when drier soils permit machinery to cross with minimal difficulty. Seeds will germinate early the following spring.

Once established, perennial forages can have waterdepleting characteristics that can be used to draw down the water table, leading to decreased soil salinity near the soil surface.

For those areas where it is not feasible to go in with large equipment and re-seed, one strategy that can be used to suppress the foxtail barley and weeds is to smother the weeds and create a thatch layer with hay that has some mature seed set in it. This may be a good option when the area to be re-established is in a pasture and the non-affected acres are still needed as a grazing resource, or you don’t want to invest a lot purchasing forage seed.

Winter feeding on these sites can also be an option, but careful consideration must be given to nutrient loading, runoff, soil characteristics and the groundwater.

Another strategy for re-establishing small areas of drowned out forages within a pasture situation is to broadcast seeds in the areas to be re-established and then allow hoof action to increase the seed to soil contact. While this strategy may require limited investment in terms of land preparation and seeding costs, it is likely to be less efficient in terms of the number of plants that actually establish

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for the amount of seed that is broadcast. This strategy on its own is not likely to address any foxtail barley or existing weeds issues.

What we have seen in the last couple of years with these flooded forage acres is not only an increase in soil moisture but also an increase in salinity. In some cases, this has created a shift in forage species to more moisture-tolerant species such as timothy, alsike or red clover; or in cases where salinity has increased, the shift has been to quackgrass or more likely foxtail barley.

The factor to keep in

mind is that these flooded areas are often quite variable in terms of moisture and salinity gradients, and that a simple bromegrass-alfalfa blend that many producers use is not likely going to be well adapted to these areas. More complex blends that include species such as timothy, red or alsike clover (moisture tolerance), wildryes, slender, pubescent or western wheatgrass (salinity tolerance) or tall fescue (moderate moisture and salinity tolerance) will ensure that the gradients of moisture and salinity are covered. It is still important

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to include some of the more common species, such as bromegrasses and alfalfa, to establish on the drier and less saline areas, however, they are not likely going to be as dominant in the seed blend.

Bringing flooded forage acres back into production is not an easy task.

Strategies that may work

on one parcel of land may not work on another and the path to re-establishment is often one that will require a multitude of techniques.

For more information on this or other forage related topics, please contact Charlotte Ward, regional forage specialist in the Yorkton Regional Office, at 306-786-1608.

Hank’s Maintenance & Service Co. Ltd. requires a

Full Time Administrative Assistant

Responsibilities: General office duties including accounts payable, reception, data entry, filing & typing.

Qualifications: Strong computer skills with prior experience in Microsoft Office, organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy, strong written and verbal communication.

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is seeking an experienced Crew Foreman and Pipeline Foreman.

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Delivery Driver

Bonus incentive program. Wage is dependent on experience and qualifications with safety tickets an asset. Competitive wages.

Interested individuals can email resume to Mike at enduranceoilfield@sasktel.net

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This position is for delivery on Tuesday evenings, Fridays, and could expand to more hours for the right candidate. Vehicle provided. Must have a clean driving record and be in good physical condition.

For more information please contact James Lainton at Estevan Web Printing: 306-634-9556 james@estevanwebprinting.com

Chain & Rigging Ltd. Estevan, Sask 306-634-5778

Same Location as Southern Bolt Supply

is looking for an In-Store Manager

experience preferred but willing to train

Apply in person: 510 - 5th Street 306-634-3003

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DRIVER Minimum Qualifications: • Oilfield tickets including H2S Alive & 1st Aid/CPR • Live in or within 10 minutes of Estevan •1A or G endorsement We are seeking candidates with an oilfield background and/or customer service experience. We will train the right individual.

We offer $28.00/hour to the qualified person and benefits along with excellent compensation and flexible days off.

Call Clinton at 306-461-8491, mail resume to Box 208, Estevan S4A 2A3 or e-mail: missionhotshot@sasktel.net

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Interested IndIvIduals can fax resume to (306) 634-8025 TORC Oil & Gas Ltc. is a public, intermediate, light oil focused company with a proven track record of asset growth and creating significant value through early identification and land capture in light oil resource plays. Since inception in December 2010, the TORC team has been successfully developing its central Alberta Cardium and emerging southern Alberta resource plays and its high quality conventional light oil assets in southeast Saskatchewan, an area where the TORC team has an established track record. TORC’s experienced management team is leading an exciting strategy of paying a sustainable divident to shareholders while continuing to provide disciplined per share growth, and our success is attributed to that leadership and our team of skilled and dedicated employees and consultants working together to achieve TORC’s goals.

Due to its continued growth, TORC is currently accepting applications for Battery Operations in southeast Saskatchewan.

Reporting to the Foreman in the Estevan Area, the main responsiblities will include: • Optimizing and troubleshooting daily well production • Operation and maintenance of oil wells and facilities • Daily input and balancing of data into PVR • Ensuring a safe and cost effective operation Qualifications: • Operating experience in the oil and gas industry is an asset • Minimum of a Grade 12 High School diploma • Knowledge of conventional multi well oil batteries and of single well batteries and tank treating systems • Operational background with inlet separation, fired oil treating equipment, production tanks and saltwater disposal pumps • Must be organized with strong attention to detail while managing multiple priorities • Ability to clearly communicate at all levels • Must be strong team player If you are a qualified candidate and interested in this opportunity please send a resume, in confidence, to: Email: jlarter@torcoil.com Fax: (306) 634-7567 Mail: 1129 - 4th Street Estevan, SK S4A 0W6

Thank you for your interest.

Please note only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HYDROVAC OPERATORS WANTED AND SWAMPERS HYDROVAC OPERATORS

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For more information call: required Ground Disturbance Trevor at: 306-483-7777 or • Operators must possess at least class Kim at: 306-483-7722 3A driver's Email resume to: license • Living accommodation available extremeexcavating@hotmail.com or fax to: 306-483-2082

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Estevan Mercury

Outdoor sporting a cultural experience

Every year, thousands of Saskatchewan residents and visitors take advantage of the world class hunting, fishing and trapping opportunities Saskatchewan has to offer.

In recognition of that celebration of the outdoors, Nov. 15 was set aside to celebrate Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Day in Saskatchewan.

“Hunters, anglers and trappers play an important role in managing and conserving our natural resources,” Environment Minister Scott Moe said. “Our government recognizes that these outdoor activities are an important part of our province’s history, and through the sustainable use of our resources they will continue to be part of our future.”

The Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act

was introduced in fall of 2009 and coincided this year, like every year, with the opening day of the resident rifle white-tailed deer season.

“The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF) is thrilled to be celebrating our sixth annual Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Day,” SWF President David Pezderic said last week. “These components are entrenched in Saskatchewan’s heritage and are essential activities for sustainable wildlife management in our province. Thousands of Saskatchewan families, annually, enjoy these outdoor activities that create lifelong memories. In addition, hunting and angling contribute more than $500 million into Saskatchewan’s economy every year.”

As the white-tailed deer season kicks off, all hunters

are reminded to ensure safety is of foremost importance while in the field. Hunters are also reminded to get permission to access private land, even when it is not posted.

The Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation is a nonprofit, non-government, charitable organization of more than 33,000 members in 121 communities across Saskatchewan representing every walk of life. Per capita, it is the largest wildlife conservation organization of its kind in the world. Established in 1929, the SWF has become an acknowledged leader in the conservation field.

The Ministry of Environment provides sciencebased solutions, compliance and mitigation measures aimed at protecting the environment, safeguarding communities and helping to ensure a better quality of life for all Saskatchewan residents.

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Trailer on Public Streets

(a) No Call person park on anyunless highway for more than 306-­‐6shall 36-­‐1621 for apvehicle re-­‐registration indicated otherwise. twenty-four (24) consecutive hours.

The Library will be closed October 12 & 13 for Thanksgiving.

(b) No vehicle, having an overall length of more than six (6) meters shall be parked on any highway for more than two (2) hours.

The Estevan Police Service will be enforcing and your co-operation is appreciated.

Please contact Judy Pilloud City Clerk 634-1852 if you have any questions regarding either of these bylaws in full.

Keep it Clean It has been noted that some public streets have been accumulating debris from over filled garbage and recycling containers- please ensure that you are able to close the lit to help keep the City clean.

Lots For Sale

CALL 306-634-1821 FOR FURTHER DETAILS WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS FALL AT THE ESTEVAN ARTS COUNCIL?

ENERGY CITY FILM CIRCUIT The 100 Year Old Man who Jumped out the Window and Disappeared – Saturday November 22, 4:00pm Orpheum Theatre STARS FOR SASKATCHEWAN Vienna Boys Choir Sunday November 23, 7:30pm – St. Paul’s United Church Contact us for more information on our programs

306-634-3942

www.estevanartscouncil.com VISUAL ARTS PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES Information on classes and registration can be found online or at the Arts Council Office.